Missouri Pacific R.R. Company, Thompson v. Neal

On May 9, 1946, appellees filed four separate suits to recover damages to land and crops alleged to have resulted from overflows. The suits, by agreement, were consolidated for trial.

Appellee, J. Neal, is the husband of appellee, Cary S; Neal. The tract of land involved here consists of eighty acres and was owned by Cary S. Neal. J. Neal, at the time of the alleged damages, was cultivating the tract as tenant. Damages were sought by appellees to growing crops and permanent injury to the tract of land resulting from an overflow in 1943. Appellees also sought damages for another overflow in…