Gulf Pipe Line Co. v. Hurst
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Tarrant County Court; W. P. Walker, Judge. Action by N. B. Hurst against the Gulf Pipe Line Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCobbs, J.
Suit was brought by appellee to recover of appellant $900, with 6 per cent, interest from September 6, 1919, damages, caused by rain and overflow of water, to his baled hay and to his land, caused in laying an eight-inch pipe line through his hay meadow, constructed in such a way that Sparger, the agent of appellant, was unable to haul the hay out of the field and to his bam before the rain came and destroyed the hay, because the pipe line lay above the ground between the hay,and the barn over which it was required to cross to the barn. In lay ing the pipe line, appellant cut a levee running…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Trinity & Sabine Railway Co. v. SchofieldTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Sabine & E. T. R'y Co. v. JoachimiTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Gulf, Col. & S. F. R'y Co. v. HelsleyTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Houston T. C. R. Co. v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- G., H. & S. A. R'y Co. v. TaitTexas Supreme Court · 1885
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