DALLAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DIST. v. BENSON

No. A-6358.

306 S.W.2d 350 (1957)

DALLAS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT et al., Petitioners, v. C. C. BENSON et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scurry, Scurry, Pace & Wood, Dallas, for Dallas County Flood Control Dist.

Bowyer, Thomas, Crozier & Harris, Dallas, for City & County of Dallas Levee Improvement Dist.

Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons, Richard E. Gray and David M. Kendall, Jr., Dallas, for Dallas County Levee Improvement Dist. No. 5.

Roland Boyd, Edward J. Veigel, McKinney, for C. C. Benson et al.


SMITH, Justice.

Respondents brought this suit against the petitioners, their Directors, Supervisors, and Managers, for damages to crops on land in Dallas County, Texas. The damages were alleged to have occurred as the result of spraying operations undertaken by the petitioner, Dallas County Flood Control District, for the purpose of clearing the floodway between the levees of City and County of Dallas Levee Improvement District and Dallas County Levee Improvement...

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