City of Fort Worth v. Baker

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

The case ' alleged in plaintiffs petition is in’ substance as follows: Plaintiff owns a tract of about ten acres of land lying adjacent to the West Fork of the Trinity River, in the city of Fort Worth. The land is bounded on one side by a street known as University Drive, which lies on what might be called the downstream side of the land. Plaintiff owns and operates on said land a retail floral business, and a nursery business which includes the raising and selling of plants, flowers, shrubbery, and the like. The property was previously owned by a corporation, but the…