International & Great Northern Railroad v. Bell

Mrs. Bell's amended petition alleged ownnership of a lot in Houston, Texas, fronting on Commerce Street; that about August 1, 1905, the defendant company placed in front of said premises on Commerce Street a railroad track and spur which took up said street and a good portion of the sidewalk, and destroyed the ingress and egress which she had theretofore had in front of her property, and that defendant, at about the same time and as a part of said work, raised the grade of the street in front of the property, elevating the same above the level of plaintiff's premises, so that the drainage…