Texas Water Commission v. Boyt Realty Co.

ABOUSSIE, Justice.

The Texas Water Commission (“the Commission”) set rates for distribution of water for irrigation purposes from the Devers Canal System (“the Canal”), effective for 1990 and thereafter. The Canal is owned by Boyt Realty Company (“Boyt”) and leased by Trinity Water Reserve, Inc. (“TWR”). The Commission and Devers Canal Rice Producers Association, Inc. (“the Association”) assert on appeal that the lower court erred in ruling that the Commission lacked jurisdiction to set prospective rates for the years following 1990. TWR raises by cross-appeal multiple points of error…