Dallas County Flood Control District v. Fowler

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case involving Subdivision 9 of Article 1995, R.C.S., Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 1995, subd. 9. Parties will be referred to as in the Trial Court. Plaintiffs, Melvin Fowler and 78 other crop-owners in Collin County, originally filed this suit against the Dallas County Flood Control District and its directors individually to recover damages to their respective cotton crops allegedly resulting from the use of a harmone type herbicide, 2-4-D, by the Dallas County Flood Control District. Plaintiffs allege that the District released the 2-4-D within the…