In Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Brownsville Navigation District, 453 S.W.2d 812 (Tex. 1970), the Court held that a statute applicable to navigation districts "is quite plain and gives general consent for District to be sued in the courts of Texas." Id. at 813. The statute stated that navigation districts "'may, by and through the navigation and canal commissioners, sue and be sued in all courts of this State in the name of such navigation district, and all courts of this State shall take judicial notice of the establishment of all districts.'" Id. In response to the district's argument that other statutes had more clearly expressed consent to suit, we noted that "suits against counties have been held to be authorized by statutes that simply require the filing of a claim before institution of suit." Id.