Claxton v. (Upper) Lake Fork Water Control & Improvement District No. 1

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

In a decade-old, muddy dispute flowing from a 1963 easement, Ray and Carol Claxton sued the (Upper) Lake Fork Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 (District). The Claxtons had purchased Hopkins County land on part of which was already located the District’s flood control project, including a dam and a “sediment pool” just downstream of the dam.

Since 1995, the Claxtons have been attempting to obtain from the District a degree of control over the dam and sediment pool, which appear to have been poorly maintained in recent years. The Claxtons sought…