Legal Opinion
Hidalgo & Cameron Counties Water Control & Improvement District No. 9 v. Maverick County Water Control & Improvement District No. 1
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 26, 1961No. 13808PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARROW, Justice.
This is a venue case. The suit was brought by appellants in the District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, against approximately one hundred and sixty-two defendants, whose lands are located in Zapata, Webb, Maverick, Kinney and Val Verde Counties, all of which counties are located upstream on the Rio Grande River from plaintiffs’ lands. It is alleged in their petition, that each of the plaintiffs is the owner of lands situated wholly or partly in Hidalgo County, and that each of them is the owner of water rights for irrigation of their respective lands, which they own as…
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- Carleton v. DierksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
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