Legal Opinion

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

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 1900No. 912PublishedCited by 75 opinions

Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Lamar County.

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

The certificate of the Court of Civil Appeals presenting the questions which we are called iipon to decide is as -follows:

“This suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover damages for injuries done the farms of himself and wife by the spreading of Bermuda grass thereon, in consequence of its having been planted by appellant on its right of way where it runs through said farms. The . case thus alleged was established by the evidence, and the appellee recovered a verdict and judgment for $200, from which appeal is prosecuted.
“The court instructed the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Clarendon Land Investment Agency Co. v. McClelland Bros.Texas Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Losee v. . BuchananNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  3. Texas & Sabine Railway Co. v. MeadowsTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Grandona v. LovdalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Clarendon Land Investment & Agency Co. v. McClelland Bros.Texas Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by75 opinions

  1. Doddy v. Oxy USA, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  2. Crosstex North Texas Pipeline, L.P., N/K/A Enlink North Texas Pipeline, Lp v. Andrew Gardiner and Shannon GardinerTexas Supreme Court · 2016
  3. Turner v. Big Lake Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. CurrieTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Michalson v. NuttingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931

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