Board of Water Engineers v. McKnight
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eight District, in an appeal from Reeves County. On appeal of MeKnight from the refusal to award him an injunction, the judgment was reversed and the injunction granted. McKnight v. Pecos & Toyah Lake Irrig. Co., 207 S. W., 599. Thereupon the Board'of Water Engineers, appellee, obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
delivered the opinion of the court.— Defendant in error, C. K. McKnight, brought this suit against the plaintiffs in error, Pecos & Toy ah Lake Irrigation Company and the Board of Water Engineers of the State of Texas, besides others, to enjoin a proceeding before said Board of Water Engineers, instituted by the Irrigation Company, for the determination of the relative rights of various claimants to the waters of the Pecos- River. The injunction was sought on the ground that sections 105 to 132 of the Act of March 19, 1917, ch. 88, being articles SOlD/íf to 5011%ss of the Supplement to…
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