Hidalgo County Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 1 v. Goodwin

Plaintiff in error sued defendants in error for the specific performance of a contract in writing between said parties. The petition of plaintiff in error alleged that the said Goodwin had obtained the water appropriation referred to in clause No. 9 of said contract from the state board of water engineers, but had not only failed and refused to comply with said clause of said written contract, but had, in direct violation of said clause, conveyed the said appropriation unto the other defendant in error, the Hidalgo county water control and improvement district No. 6, which had full knowledge…