Farmers & Merchants Compress & Warehouse Co. v. City of Dallas

Appellant Farmers & Merchants Compress & Warehouse Company, a private corporation, sued appellee City of Dallas for damages alleged to have resulted from the closing of a part of Lamar Street which ran across a railroad crossing. This appeal is taken from a summary judgment that appellant take nothing by its suit.

Appellant’s Pleadings:

In its unsworn amended petition appellant in substance made these allegations:

I. On June 17, 1930 it became owner of a tract of land described by metes and bounds as being 870' x 672½' x 1042' x 7171/2 m dimensions. For many years improvements on the property…