Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Baudat

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

The appellee brought this action against the appellant for the recovery of damages on account of the closing by appellant of the crossing over its railway track of a road leading from the appellee’s premises over the railway into a public road running from the town of Biehmond towards the city of Houston. The damages claimed were for injury to the business of appellee as a truck farmer in preventing him from getting Ms produce to market, and in the prevention of access to his farm by his customers. A trial by the court without a jury resulted in a judgment in favor of…