Watkins Land Co. v. Clements
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Reeves County. Clements sued the Watkins Land Company and others to restrain them from diverting the waters of Toyah Creek for purposes of irrigation, to the prejudice of the irrigation rights of plaintiff. Upon findings of fact and law, without a jury, the trial court .rendered a judgment for defendants, from which plaintiff appealed.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Reeves County. Clements sued the Watkins Land Company and others to restrain them from diverting the waters of Toyah Creek for purposes of irrigation, to the prejudice of the irrigation rights of plaintiff. Upon findings of fact and law, without a jury, the trial court .rendered a judgment for defendants, from which plaintiff appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed and rendered judgment in his favor, and the appellees obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
E. Clements instituted this suit in the District Court of Reeves County against the Watkins Land Company, C. W. Giifln, Mrs. Videe Coleman, Raymond Rodrigues and his wife, Lemona Rodrigues, Aculane Villereal, Mary Villereal,' Delfine Coleman, a minor, and Ysabell Coleman, a minor, represented by their guardian ad litem, G. M. Frazer. Plaintiff alleged, in substance, his ownership of certain lands, which are fully described, and that they were riparian to Toyah Creek in Reeves County, which was a well defined natural stream, and that said lands are situated within the…
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