Selman v. Wolfe
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Cherokee. Tried below before the Hon. R. At Reeves. This action was brought by the appellants to recover damages from the appellee for removing part of the bridge of the plaintiffs across the Angelina river, so as to permit the boats of the defendant to pass down the stream.
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Error from Cherokee. Tried below before the Hon. R. At Reeves. This action was brought by the appellants to recover damages from the appellee for removing part of the bridge of the plaintiffs across the Angelina river, so as to permit the boats of the defendant to pass down the stream. The defendant justified his action in removing part of the bridge for the purpose of allowing his boats to pass, alleging that the bridge was an obstruction to the navigation of the stream, and as such was a nuisance which he had a right to abate. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. A motion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
recover damages which it is alleged they have sustained from the *69injury done by appellee to a bridge erected by them across the Angelina river, under a special and private act of the legislature, passed February 10, 1858. It is evident that the disposition we should make of this case, must depend upon the construction that should be given to this act of the legislature ; we will, therefore, give a copy of it: “ An act granting to persons therein named the privilege of erecting a toll-bridge across the Angelina river, and to bridge its sloughs at or near the Buckshot crossing.
“ Sec. 1. Be it…
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