Stephenville, North & South Texas Railway Co. v. Moore

DUNKLIN, Associate Justice.

The Stephenville, North & South Texas Railway Company instituted proceedings to condemn for right-of-way purposes certain land belonging to Mrs. S. R. Moore and others, and from a judgment in favor of the owners of the land the railway company has appealed.

The admission of the testimony of the witness Johnson Thomas, to the effect that the rent house situated near the right of way has burned since the railroad was put in operation, we think was error, which was calculated to be prejudicial to the defendant, and for this error the judgment must be reversed,

Appellant…