Ashton v. Cameron County Water Improvement District No. One

298 U.S. 513

56 S.Ct. 892

80 L.Ed. 1309

ASHTON et al.

v.

CAMERON COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DIST.

No. 1.**

No. 859.

Argued April 29, 1936.

Decided May 25, 1936.

Messrs. Palmer Hutcheson, of Houston, Tex., J. W. Terry, of Galveston, Tex., and W. P. Hamblen, of Houston, Tex. (Messrs. Baker, Botts, Andrews & Wharton, of Houston, Tex., and Terry, Cavin & Mills, of Galveston, Tex., of counsel), for petitioners.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 514-517 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. David M. Wood, of New York City, W. B. Lewis, of Harlingen, Tex., and Vincent M. Miles, of Fort Smith, Ark., for respondent.

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