Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Hogan

CHAPMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Company from a judgment based upon a jury verdict for W. B. Hogan, Jr. d/b/a W. B. Hogan & Son against the railway company for conversion of rock, sand, and gravel, referred to in the record as aggregate, which had been stored on Santa Fe’s property adjacent to Hogan’s leased and enclosed premises.

On July 22, 1955, Santa Fe leased to ap-pellee, W. B. Hogan & Son, 12,500 square feet of land owned by them along their right of way. The lease provided, among other conditions, that it could be terminated at any time by either party…