Sabine & East Texas Railway Co. v. Smith

Acker, Presiding Judge.

This suit was brought by appellee to recover damages for injury to land and crops alleged to have been caused by overflow water being held upon his land during overflows in the years 1884 and 1885. It was alleged that the water was detained upon his land for several weeks longer during the overflow of each year than it would have been but for the negligent and improper construction of appellant’s road bed. Appellee alleged that he had ten acres of land in cultivation, and laid his damages at 1892. The trial was by jury, and resulted in verdict and judgment for $159.60.

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