Texas Bank Trust Co. of Beaumont v. Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Jefferson County.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The case presents a controversy between an irrigation company, certain landlords, and a mortgagee with respect to the existence and priority of the lien claimed by the irrigation company.
In the year 1909 one George W. Smith was in possession of certain lands leased by him from the owners, using the same for a rice farm. To successfully grow rice on the land irrigation was necessary, and the only water accessible for the purpose was that from the canals of the irrigation company. In July of 1909 Smith entered into a contract with the irrigation company, by the terms of which water for…
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