BRITTIAN v. HALE COUNTY

No. 6639.

297 S.W.2d 721 (1957)

L. V. BRITTIAN, Appellant, v. HALE COUNTY, Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

January 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. T. Miller and Lumpkin & Watson, Amarillo, for appellant.

Frank Gaston and Day & Owen, Plainview, for appellee.


PITTS, Chief Justice.

As a result of a jury verdict and under the provisions of the law presented, appellee, Hale County, Texas, was granted a mandatory injunction against appellant, L. V. Brittian, commanding him to cut and remove a dyke or levee he had built on his land, so as to permit the natural flow of surface water to drain along its natural course rather than diverting the natural flow thereof over and across a public county road by reason of the dyke or levee...

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