Maverick County Water Control & Improvement District No. 1 v. City of Laredo

POPE, Justice.

This case presents procedural problems of stream litigation occasioned by the absence of rules and statutes suited to this special class of case. Certain Hidalgo County litigants have appealed from an order of the District Court of Webb County temporarily enjoining them, as lower water diverters, from prosecuting a separate action in Hidalgo County against upper water diverters located between Falcon Dam and Kinney County. The point in the case is whether the Webb court acquired prior jurisdiction over the parties, issues, and subject matter, and therefore could enjoin…