Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Potter Floral & Confectionery Co.

In this suit, the defendant in error, the Potter Floral & Confection- - ery Company, recovered judgment in the trial court against the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company for $2,500 damages on account of the destruction by overflow of the flower plants being grown by the Potter Company on a certain tract of land in El Paso county, belonging to the latter company. The case was tried to a jury, which rendered verdict on special issues.

*1115On or about July 27,1926, a heavy rain fell in the section of the county where the Potter Company land lies. The jury found that the railway…