In Re Adjudication of Water Rights, Etc.

POPE, Justice.

Joe E. Schero appealed from an adverse judgment of the 33rd District Court adjudicating his riparian rights to waters of the Llano River. The Texas Water Commission made a determination of the rights of 246 parties who owned lands along the river. The Commission then filed a certified copy of its determination, together with the evidence presented to the Commission, in the district court. See Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.317. Schero, in compliance with the statutory procedure, contested the Commission’s adjudication by filing exceptions to the adjudication. Id. § 11.318. The court…