City of Ennis v. Gilder
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from the District Court of Ellis. Tried below before Hon. J. E. Dillard.
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, Chief Justice.
—The original petition was filed in ¡November, 1900. The third amended original petition, filed December 17, 1901, upon which the case was heard, alleged in substance that plaintiff Gilder owned a certain tract of land, along and across which runs a natural water course, the banks of which contain valuable timber, and near which he had a valuable tenant house; that in 1895 the city of Ennis caused to be erected below plaintiff’s land and across said water course a dam, which caused it at times to back up over and overflow said land for a great distance; that at different…
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