Jefferson County Drainage District No. Six v. Gulf Oil Corp.

KEITH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court granting Gulf Oil Corporation (hereinafter styled “Gulf”) a permanent injunction restraining Jefferson County Drainage District No. Six (hereinafter styled “District”) “from constructing or installing a boxed culvert in, or upon” certain property owned by Gulf. The trial was without a jury and no findings of fact or conclusions of law were filed.

The property was on a service road forming an integral part of Interstate Highway 10 in the City of Beaumont, upon which Gulf had constructed a large service station. Immediately…