Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. R. E. Beckham. Johnson filed this suit against appellant in the district court of Tarrant county, September 8, 1884. He alleged that he was lessee of a building, and that without his consent defendant fastened a wire to secure a telegraph pole, in a brick wall on the roof of the building, which caused a part of the wall to fall.
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Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. R. E. Beckham. Johnson filed this suit against appellant in the district court of Tarrant county, September 8, 1884. He alleged that he was lessee of a building, and that without his consent defendant fastened a wire to secure a telegraph pole, in a brick wall on the roof of the building, which caused a part of the wall to fall. The falling of the wall during a heavy rain caused the plaintiff’s rooms to be flooded with water, whereby injury was done to the paper on the walls, the carpets and to certain gaming tables and implements in the rooms.…
1Opinion of the Court
Hobby, Judge.
Appellant’s first and second assignments of error deny the right of appellee to recover in this action, under •the averment in his petition that “said paper and carpet was injured, and his said furniture, and gaming implements— wheel of fortune—were also damaged, injured and depreciated in value, to the extent of eight hundred and fifteen dollars.”
It is urged that gaming, under the laws of this State, is contrary to and inhibited by the penal statutes, and that the de*621struction of or injury to implements of that character, or used for that purpose, would not support an action for…
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