Broussard v. Lake Oil Co.

May 11, 1917, in a cause then pending, Broussard, Beaumont Irrigating Company (a corporation), and Neches Canal Company (a corporation), plaintiffs, filed a pleading reproducing the averments of their original petition and making new par-' ties defendant.

Therein was alleged: (a) The fresh-water-character of Pine Island Bayou and suitability of its waters for irrigation of riparian and other lands productive of (or capable of producing) rice; (b) lawful appropriation of such waters by and purpose and desire of such corporations to' transport same to their own (riparian, etc.) lands and lands…