Trinity & B. v. Ry. Co. v. Orenbaum
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal -from District Court, Hill County; Horton B. Porter, Judge. Action by W. G. Orenbaum against the Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway Company, which filed a cross-action. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRasbury, J.
Appellee sued appellant in the court below under the 'statutory form of trespass to try title to recover a lot or parcel of land situated in the town of Hillsboro, Tex., as well as for rents thereof and for damages thereto resulting from excavations made and railway tracks laid in proximity thereto by appellant. Appellant met the allegations of the petition by the general denial, and by cross-action sought to condemn for its use a strip of the land 7 feet in width and 100 feet in length, off the west side thereof. There was trial by jury, resulting in verdict for appellant for the strip of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Boyer & Lucas v. St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1903
- Burton Lumber Corp. v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
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- Fort Worth & D. S. P. Ry. Co. v. GilmoreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928