Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Richards

FINLEY, Associate Justice.

This action was instituted in the District Court of Dallas County, by J. M. Richards, October 5, 1886, for damages resulting to his premises by the construction of appellant’s line of road over his land, consisting in the destruction of a number of pecan trees by appellant’s agents at the time of the construction of the road, damages to his land from flooding same, caused by insufficient sewers in the embankment of his land, constructed by appellant for its road; cutting off ingress to and egress from Ms premises by the construction of said embankment; damages to his…