Lance v. City of Mission

BARROW, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment denying recovery of damages for alleged flooding of crop land and destroying crops thereon. The suit was brought by C. D. Lance against the Cities of Mission, McAllen and Edinburg, hereinafter called Tri-Cities.

The record shows that in 1941 the appel-lees, Tri-Cities, acquired title to 1,158.03 acres of land in Hidalgo County, Texas, referred to as Moore Field. That same year appellees leased the land to the United States Government, to be used as a Military Airport and Reservation. In 1942 and 1943, the United States Government constructed a…