D. F. Saunders v. Alamo Soil Conservation District

CADENA, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs, D. F. Saunders and wife, Pauline Ruth Saunders, from a summary judgment rendered in favor of defendants, Alamo Soil Conservation District and San Antonio River Authority (SARA), denying plaintiffs’ recovery for damages allegedly done to their land as a result of the activities of defendants.

Plaintiffs alleged that on February 1, 1962, defendants “entered into a contract with Plaintiffs for an easement over Plaintiffs’ property,” and that such easement expired “by its own terms on February 1, 1967, for the reason that no improvements had been…