Legal Opinion

Clark v. Briscoe Irr. Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 19, 1947No. 9588PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCLENDON, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a declaratory judgment decreeing in effect that the owner of a permit granted by the Board (Board of Water Engineers of the State of Texas) in April 1940, authorizing the appropriator (permittee) to divert from a Texas stream a specified amount of water for the purpose of irrigating specifically described land (the right to which appropriation has ripened into a title), is not required to apply to the Board for authority to substitute other lands for those designated in the permit, or to change the purpose of use of the water from irrigation to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. New York Central Securities Corporation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Motl v. BoydTexas Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Corzelius v. HarrellTexas Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Watts v. MannCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Texas Water Rights Commission v. WrightTexas Supreme Court · 1971
  2. City of Marshall v. City of UncertainTexas Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Harrell v. F. H. Vahlsing, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1952
  4. State v. StarleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Carp v. Texas State Board of Examiners in OptometryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966

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