Smith-Southwest Indus. v. Friendswood Dev. Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 20343
No(s). 16794 (Tex. Civ. App. Jan 27, 1977)

In a case of first impression in Texas dealing directly with land subsidence caused by withdrawal of groundwater, the court holds that if a landowner negligently withdraws water from his property so that the withdrawal is the proximate cause of subsidence of another's land, the fact that he owns the...

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