Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Pearce
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Grimes County. Tried below before Hon. Gordon Boone.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
Appellee instituted suit against appellant to recover $5,040.55 for damages to his crops arising by reason of the improper and negligent construction of the roadbed of appellant, which causing the overflowed waters of the Brazos River to accumulate against its embankment and then rush through causing destruction of the crops. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee in the sum of $3,000.
The statement of facts consists of the stenographic transcript of the evidence prepared under the provision of the act of the Legislature of 1905. (Gen. Laws, p.…
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- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. PoolTexas Supreme Court · 1888
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