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

ELR Citation: ELR 20452
No(s). B-6682 (Tex. Nov 29, 1978)

The Supreme Court of Texas rejects plaintiff-respondents' claim for damages according to the traditional rule that a landowner has the right to withdraw groundwater without incurring liability for subsidence damage to neighboring lands absent willful waste or malicious injury. The court adds, howeve...