City of Houston v. Campbell

A history of the litigation presented by the two above causes is as follows:

In January of 1954, Mrs. Mary E. Adams, a feme sole, filed her suit in a district court of Harris County, Texas, in which, among other things, she alleged that the City of Houston and the Gulf Bitulithic Company were constructing a drain and storm sewer which would discharge an undue amount of water across her four-acre tract of land upon which she lived and sought an injunction to prevent such practice. Only the City answered, and in due time a hearing was had on January 22, 1954. The trial judge entered his order…