Legal Opinion

Biggs v. Miller

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 25, 1912PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Ward County; S. J. Isaacs, Judge. Injunction by John Miller and others against S. V. Biggs and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtPeticolas, C. J.

This was a suit for an injunction brought by Miller and others, users of water from the Pecos river through an irrigation system called the “Barstow System,” against Biggs and others, appellants, to restrain a diversion of water from said stream through an irrigation system called the “Biggs System,” and was submitted on special issues, following which ■judgment was rendered in favor of the ap-pellees, as will be more fully adverted to. Both systems or companies owned riparian and nonriparian lands, and both were engaged in furnishing water for irrigation purposes to their patrons, owners, or…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. James v. JamesTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Philipowski v. SpencerTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Teal v. TerrellTexas Supreme Court · 1878
  4. King v. Comm'rs. Court of Throckmorton CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
  5. Pishaway v. RunnelsTexas Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Simmons v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  2. Bingham v. GrahamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Dees v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Fessinger v. El Paso Times Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Ruth v. CobeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914

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