Knight v. Durham
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tyler County; W. B. Powell, Judge. Action by J. W. Knight against W. I. Durham. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
In this case J. W. Knight sued W. I. Durham for damages to his land by reason of the erection of levees along the creek, the boundary between their respective farms, by reason of which in seasons of freshets or high water the water which would otherwise overflow defendant’s land wholly or in part was wholly thrown on plaintiff’s land, damaging the same. Plaintiff also sought • and obtained a temporary injunction restraining the extension of such levees, and prayed that on hearing defendant be required to remove the levees complained of and perpetually enjoined from maintaining them. On the…
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