Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Brown County Water Improvement District No. One
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1954No. A-4415Published
1Opinion of the Court
272 S.W.2d 498 (1954)
BENNETT et ux.
v.
BROWN COUNTY WATER IMP. DIST. NO. 1.
No. A-4415.
Supreme Court of Texas.
July 21, 1954.
Rehearing Denied December 1, 1954.
Mark Callaway, Brownwood, for petitioners.
J. C. Darroch, Brownwood, for respondent.
GRIFFIN, Justice.
Norman Eugene Bennett, eight year old son of petitioners, was drowned when he fell into an irrigation ditch owned and operated by respondent as a part of the function of storing and distributing flood waters in Brown County, Texas. Petitioners filed suit for damages against respondent alleging that respondent was guilty of negligence in the…
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