Houston & Great Northern Railroad v. Meador
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Smith. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
This suit was instituted on behalf of the estate of Thomas Meador, deceased, to recover damages of the Houston and Great Rorthern Railroad Company for an alleged trespass in entering upon the premises of the intestate and constructing their road through his inclosed farm, tearing down the fence, and failing and refusing to build suitable stock-gaps, by reason whereof it was charged that stock entered the field and damaged the growing crop of small grain.
The defendant’s special answer was, that the road was constructed not by its servants or agents, but by contractors…
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