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JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DIST. NO. v. HEBERT

No. 9991.

244 S.W.2d 535 (1951)

JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 7 v. HEBERT et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Williams and Carruth & Gray, Port Arthur, Cecil Keith & Mehaffy, Beaumont, James D. McNicholas and Quentin Keith, Beaumont, of counsel, for appellant.

Baker, Vaughan & Black, Port Arthur, Earl Black, Port Arthur, of counsel, for appellees.

GRAY, Justice.

Appellees sued appellant for damages to land caused by the construction of a drainage ditch which emptied water upon the land causing it to cave in and erode. Appellant interpleaded Jefferson County and the City of Port Neches. Appellees then amended and sought a recovery of damages against all three defendants. Upon a jury trial the trial court rendered a judgment favorable to the city upon a peremptory instruction, and, upon jury findings favorable...

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