Legal Opinion

Parker v. El Paso Water Improvement District No. 1

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 22, 1927No. 4185PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cureton

El Paso County Improvement District No. 1 is an Irrigation District, organized under the Act of 1917, Chapter 87, Acts of the Thirty-fifth Legislature. It embraces 85,000 acres of land, 81,000 acres of which are riparian to the Rio Grande River. The district was organized in 1917, and subsequent to the adoption of the Conservation Amendment to the Constitution and the enactment of Chapter 25, Acts of the Fourth Called Session of the Thirty-fifth Legislature became a Conservation and Reclamation District in accordance with the terms of the statute. The plaintiff in error owns a tract of 380…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Motl v. BoydTexas Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Board of Directors of Modesto Irrigation District v. TregeaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Watkins Land Co. v. ClementsTexas Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Board of Water Engineers v. McKnightTexas Supreme Court · 1921

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Mays v. PierceTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  2. In Re Adjudication of the Water Rights, Etc.Texas Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Cummins v. Travis County Water Control & Improvement District No. 17, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
  4. El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 v. City of El PasoDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1955
  5. Hydrocarbon Production Co., Inc. v. Valley Acres Water Dist.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953

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