Massingill v. Henwood

TAYLOR, Commissioner.

This is a county court case in which plaintiff sued defendant for $666.60 damages for demolishing his automobile at a railroad crossing in the city limits of Lufkin, Texas, alleging such amount to be the reasonable cash market value, “then ■and there”, of the automobile. The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals (138 S.W.2d .554) is brief. As it discloses on its face the only questions passed upon by that •court, it is referred to as a sufficient statement upon which to deal with those questions.

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