City of Del Rio v. Clayton Sam Colt Hamilton Trust

OPINION

Opinion by

KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

At issue in this appeal is whether the warranty deed’s reservation of “all water rights” prevents the City of Del Rio from drilling and pumping groundwater from beneath the fifteen-acre tract it purchased from the Clayton Sam Colt Hamilton Trust. Because we hold that the reservation does prevent the City of Del Rio from drilling and pumping groundwater from beneath its tract, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Background

The relevant facts have been stipulated to by both parties. The Clayton Sam Colt Hamilton Trust (“the Trust”) owns a 3,200-acre…