Barnett v. Matagorda Rice & Irrigation Co.

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

This case is before us upon the following certificate from the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District:

“The questions hereinafter stated arise upon the following facts disclosed by the record in this cause now pending before us on appeal.

“J. A. Barnett wás the owner of a 35-acre tract of land which he occupied with his family as a home.

“D. P. Moore owned a large tract south of and adjoining Barnett’s land. Ira G. Bond controlled the land adjoining Barnett’s on the east.

“The Matagorda Rice and Irrigation Company is a corporation chartered. under the laws of…