McKenzie v. Beason
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Reeves County; S. J. Isaacks, Judge. Action by Olive Beason against E. W. McKenzie and others. From the judgment, defendants McKenzie and Cope appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, J.
Mrs. Olive Beason, a feme sole, sought by this suit to restrain E. W. McKenzie and others from diverting the waters of Santa Rosa creek in such manner as to interfere with the irrigation of a tract ■ of land owned by her situated on the irrigation ditch or canal of the Pecos River Irrigation Company, a corporation, which had previously condemned all the waters of said creek in accordance with our statutes, and which use she alleged had continued for 18 years prior to the filing of her petition. The right to such use had been acquired from the irrigation company by purchase. A trial before the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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