PURVIS v. MILLS COUNTY

Nos. 11579, 11580.

424 S.W.2d 512 (1968)

Mrs. Ella J. PURVIS et al., Appellants, v. MILLS COUNTY, Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

February 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMahon, Smart, Sprain, Wilson & Camp, Bob J. Surovik, Stephen H. Suttle, Abilene, for appellant.

John T. Higgins, Lampasas, for appellee.


PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

These two cases have been consolidated on appeal as the facts are, for the most part, identical and they are governed by the same principles of law.

These suits were brought by the condemnor, Mills County, for the purpose of taking a flood control easement over fifteen acres of Appellants' land, which easement is to be a part of a flood control system to be constructed on the Blanket Creek watershed pursuant to an agreement between...

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