City of Perryton v. Huston

COLLINGS, Justice.

This suit was brought by Fred Crosby Huston and others, owners of Section 1187, Block 43, H. & T. C. Ry. Co. Survey in Ochiltree County, against the City of Perryton, seeking judgment for alleged permanent damage to plaintiffs’ real property. The City constructed a drainage channel for the purpose of alleviating flooding conditions within its city limits, which channel empties into a natural draw approximately one-half mile from plaintiffs’ property. The natural draw then empties into a playa lake situated on Sections 1186 and 1187, which is located partially on plaintiffs’…