Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad v. Pulaski Irrigating Ditch Co.

Bissell J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

After the Pulaski Irrigating Ditch was constructed in 1886, the Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad Company-laid out' its line which crossed the ditch at various points along its general direction. In crossing the ditch the railroad company built divers bridges. The construction of the bridges in their permanent form offered obstruction to the free flow of the water which caused the deposit of sediment and in other ways the bridges occasioned some general damage to the ditch. The ditch company brought suit against the railroad corporation to…