Houston T. C. R. Co. v. Walsh
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Travis County; Geo. Calhoun, Judge. Action by C. W. Walsh against the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
In the fall of 1913 appellee was engaged in growing spinach for the Northern and Eastern markets, and had planted a patch of 10⅛ acres of spinach in the vicinity of appellant’s track, and within a short distance of where the same crossed the public road leading from the city of Austin to Del Valle. At this point appellant maintained three oil tanks for the storage of oil, two above and one underground, the first two just a short distance from the track, and the latter underneath it. On the 3d of December of said year, while this crop of spinach was in a flourishing condition, and gave promise…
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