City of Houston v. Charpiot

GANNON, Justice.

This suit originated on the petition of Marion S. Charpiot et al. as owners of á certain 217.87'acre tract of land on the San Jacinto River in Harris County to' recover damages for waste worked .on said land by Wade Lahar Construction Company and to enjoin further .damage thereto. Wade La-har Construction Company, it appeared, liad entered on the land as a clearing contractor under the City of Houston and had commenced, but without right or authority from the owners, the clearing of the land preparatory to its flooding as a part of a lake or reservoir to result from the…