Pickens v. Harrison

Respondents, Harrison and Combs, filed this suit in the District Court of Jackson County, Texas, against petitioner seeking damages as a result of an alleged pollution of water in respondents’ irrigation well and which water, it was alleged, had become salty as a result of such negligent acts of petitioner, and had damaged a rice crop which Harrison, as tenant, had growing on Combs’ land during 1949. Respondents sought damages both to Harrison’s leasehold estate, and Combs’ ownership *565of the land. Upon a jury verdict answering special issues, the trial court gave judgment for respondents…