Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Sparks

Reinhard, J. —

The appellees are husband and wife, and this action was brought by them against the appellant for damages to the real estate of the wife on account of the alleged negligence of the appellant in reconstructing a culvert near its railroad and the said real estate, causing the water to back, overflow and stand upon the same, and injuring it in various ways, and injuring the crops thereon and the health of the appellee, Fannie A. Sparks.

In the court below the appellees’ recovered.

At the trial appellees’ counsel propounded to John P. Sparks, the husband and witness of Fannie A.…