Legal Opinion

McKenzie v. Beason

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 11, 1911PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Reeves County; S. J. Isaacks, Judge. Action by Olive Beason against E. W. McKenzie and others. From the judgment, defendants McKenzie and Cope appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Mrs. Olive Beason, a feme sole, sought by this suit to restrain E. W. McKenzie and others from diverting the waters of Santa Rosa creek in such manner as to interfere with the irrigation of a tract of land owned by her situated on the irrigation ditch or canal of the Pecos River Irrigation Company, a corporation, which had previously condemned all the waters of said creek in accordance with our statutes, and which use she alleged had continued for 18 years prior to the filing of her petition. The right to such use had been acquired from the irrigation company by purchase. A trial before the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. ParkerTexas Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Belt v. CettiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. ReekCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  2. Punch v. GerlachCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  3. Billingsley v. Texas Midland R. R.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  4. Russell v. Old River Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  5. Mott v. SourlockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916

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