Just about exactly two years too late for Wayne Hage himself, but his heirs will be happy.
I had the pleasure of meeting both Wayne Hage and Helen Chenoweth in 2005. Two real patriots who put everything on the line for what was and is right.
As you said, two years too late for both, but the organization that they helped build has been a powerful defender of property rights, especially here in TX.
I thought he had won the case several years before his death, and this ruling was about the monetary damages.
As I recall, he traveled and lectured to other lease holders on perfecting their water rights.