Johnson v. Lancaster

McCLENDON, C. j.

j. F. Johnson, the appellant, brought this suit against the receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company and the' city of Denton, for a mandatory injunction to compel them to reopen Collins street west of appellant’s premises, and in the alternative for $2,000 damages alleged to have accrued to appellant as the result of unlawfully closing that street. The' cause was tried to the court without a jury, resulting in a judgment in favor of ap-pellees. From this judgment this appeal is taken.

The evidence which is largely without dispute will support the following findings:

Some…