Legal Opinion
Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. East
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 13, 1904No. 1333PublishedCited by 81 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Grayson County. Bast sued the railway company and judgment went for defendant. Bast appealed and the judgment was reversed and rendered in his favor on the findings of fact made by the trial court. The defendant company 'then obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This case is thus stated by the Court of Civil Appeals:
“This is a suit by W. A. East against the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company for damages growing out of the alleged destruction by defendant of plaintiff’s well. The case was tried before the court without a jury and resulted in a judgment for defendant and plaintiff appealed. The trial court filed conclusions of fact which, in the absence of a statement of facts, are to be taken as the facts of the ease. Said conclusions are as follows:
“ ‘1. The defendant, the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company,…
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