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BENNETT v. BROWN COUNTY WATER IMP. DIST. NO. 1

No. A-4415.

272 S.W.2d 498 (1954)

BENNETT et ux. v. BROWN COUNTY WATER IMP. DIST. NO. 1.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Callaway, Brownwood, for petitioners.

J. C. Darroch, Brownwood, for respondent.

GRIFFIN, Justice.

Norman Eugene Bennett, eight year old son of petitioners, was drowned when he fell into an irrigation ditch owned and operated by respondent as a part of the function of storing and distributing flood waters in Brown County, Texas. Petitioners filed suit for damages against respondent alleging that respondent was guilty of negligence in the construction and operation of the irrigation ditch at the place where young Bennett was drowned; that such...

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