LANCE v. CITY OF MISSION

No. 13218.

308 S.W.2d 546 (1957)

C. D. LANCE, Appellant, v. CITY OF MISSION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ewers, Cox & Toothaker, McAllen, for appellant.

Hill, Lochridge & King, Mission, Cox, Patterson & Freeland, McAllen, Sid L. Hardin, Edinburg, for appellees.


BARROW, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment denying recovery of damages for alleged flooding of crop land and destroying crops thereon. The suit was brought by C. D. Lance against the Cities of Mission, McAllen and Edinburg, hereinafter called Tri-Cities.

The record shows that in 1941 the appellees, Tri-Cities, acquired title to 1,158.03 acres of land in Hidalgo County, Texas, referred to as Moore Field. That same year appellees leased the land to the...

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