St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. Denton

(after stating the facts as above). The appellant assigns errors upon overruling a demurrer and objections to evidence relating to a recovery for destruction of the grass as a “loss of plant food,” and in not awarding a recovery of the costs of the county court. These assignments should be sustained. Grass growing in the soil may have value for pasturage or hay, considered as a crop. Turf and grass roots may also have value as “plant food” in the soil, causing the land to produce more abundantly. But the claim that the destruction of the turf or grass roots was also an injury in the “loss of…