Legal Opinion

Jones v. Rainey

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 2, 1942No. 5984PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

Apellee owns a 42-acre farm in Delta County. Appellant, J. R. Jones, owns a larger tract of land adjoining appellee on the west and extending farther north than appellee’s land. An old roadway extends north and south on the division line between the two tracts. A ditch runs along the west side of the old roadway. Appellee sued appellant for damages and for injunc-tive relief for changing the natural course of the flow of surface water on his land and diverting it into said ditch, causing it to cave off and to overflow appellee’s land. On the first appeal, judgment was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Roby v. HawthorneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
  2. Rainey v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Pitman v. Lightfoot, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1996
  2. New Process Steel Corp. v. Steel Corp. of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1985
  3. Planet Plows, Inc. v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
  4. Banker v. McLaughlinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  5. Blocher v. McArthurCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957

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