St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Gentry

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

Appellee, W. J. Gentry, instituted this suit in the Justice Court of Henderson County, on August 18, 1904, against appellant to recover $25 as a penalty for permitting Johnson grass to mature and go to seed on appellant’s right of way where the right of way of said appellant passed through appellee’s farm. The case was tried in the Justice Court on the 29th of August, 1904, resulting in a judgment in favor of appellee for the sum of $25 and costs of suit.

The case was appealed by appellant to the District Court of Henderson County on September 4, 1905, and was tried…