Wall v. Lower Colorado River Authority

SHANNON, Justice.

Appellants, Fay Wall, LaVerne English, and their mother, Bessie K. English, filed a declaratory judgment suit against appellee, the Lower Colorado River Authority, to determine their rights in a tract of land out of the James 0. Clark Survey. The land in question is located between the 715-foot contour line and Lake Travis.

The 715-foot contour line is a line 715 feet above mean sea level as established by the United States Geological Survey Bench Marks. At the time the 715-foot line was established, appellee was in the process of constructing a dam across the Colorado River…