Legal Opinion
In re American Rio Grande Land & Irr. Co.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided November 29, 1937No. 3765PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATWELL, District Judge.
Among the claims filed in this bankruptcy reorganization proceeding is one by the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Water Control and Improvement District No. 9, for $104,464.52, for flat rate assessments and irrigation charges, alleged to be due by the debtor for the years 1930 to 1937, inclusive ; a lien is claimed on the land of the debtor, serviced during those years.
The debtor asks for the rejection thereof, upon a number of grounds, some of which are unnecessary to here notice, which go to the validity of the charges and the asserted lien. Chief among such reasons…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Arnold v. LeonardTexas Supreme Court · 1925
- Myles Salt Co. v. Board of Comm'rs of Iberia and St. Mary Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Browning v. HooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by5 opinions
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