Legal Opinion
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, a Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. R. A. Wade, Jr., Etc., Defendants-Appellees-Cross
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1979No. 77-2053PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco) sued R. A. Wade & Company, a quarry operator, and Republic Steel Corporation, landowner, for damages resulting from the encroachment of a rock slide on Frisco’s right of way. The slide was caused by Wade’s quarrying operation. Wade counterclaimed against Frisco for damages, asserting that the railroad tortiously interfered with Wade’s business by blocking the only access road to Wade’s quarry.
Frisco was unsuccessful at trial. The district judge directed a verdict in favor of landowner Republic and the jury…
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