Moore v. City of Dallas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County ; W. F. Whitehurst, Judge. Action by Charles C. Moore against the City of Dallas. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, J.
Appellant is the owner of a farm situated in Dallas county, Tex., just west of the Elm fork of the Trinity river, the center of the channel of Denton creek, which empties into said river, being, according to his claim and contention, the north line of his land. During the year 1912 the city of Dallas, for the purpose of enlarging its water supply, erected a concrete dam across the channel of the Elm fork of the Trinity river on the Western Berry survey, about 2,000 yards below the mouth of Den-ton creek. This dam, so constructed, had the capacity of storing between 350,000,000 and 400,000,000…
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