Martin v. Burr
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Kinney County. Burr and others sued Martin and others and recovered judgment. Defendants appealed, and on affirmance (171 S. W., 1044) obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
The parties to this suit are the owners of lands adjacent to Las Moras Creek, which is a running stream in Kinney and Maverick Counties. Defendants in error are the two lowest riparian owners. Plaintiffs in error are upper riparian owners...
The suit was instituted by defendants in error against plaintiffs in error. Its purpose was to establish the rights of defendants in error to running water in the creek on their lands, for domestic use, including the watering of livestock, and to enjoin plaintiffs in error from interfering with such right by the application of the water to irrigation and…
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