Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank v. Dallas County Levee Improvement Dist. No. 9

Dallas County Levee Improvement District No. 9 was having a new channel for Rowlett creek dug through the area of the district, including 62 acres of land that belonged to J. S. Herfurth, who had granted to the district right of way for the channel. Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank owned a vendor’s lien note against the Her-furth land that was secured by a deed of trust and, conceiving that its security was being impaired by the construction of the new channel, brought an action for damages, the channel being at the time partially completed, and sought an injunction to restrain the district, its…