Ansley v. Tarrant County Water Control & Improvement District No. One

MOORE, Justice.

Appellants, Maude L. Ansley, Wesco Materials Corporation, and Bruce Smith, instituted this suit against appellee, Tar-rant County Water Control and Improvement District No. One, to recover permanent damages to land alleged to have been caused by the repeated flooding thereof by a dam and spillway constructed by appel-lee. Appellant Maude Ansley is the surface owner of the 820-acre tract alleged to have been damaged. Appellant Wesco Materials Corporation is the owner of certain sand and gravel rights in the tract and appellant Bruce Smith is the lessee of the grazing and hunting…