Legal Opinion

City of Paris v. Allred

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 16, 1897PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before Hon. E. D. McClellan.

1Opinion of the Court

RAINEY, Associate Justice.

The following statement taken from appellant’s brief is substantially correct, and the same is adopted: Appellee brought suit against the city of Paris for the recovery of $5000 damages, $4000 of which is for damage to his land, and $1035 as special damages; on account of loss of grass and pasturage, $30; loss of water, $500; cost of medicine, $15; doctor’s bills (in two items), $45; value of nursing, $15; loss of time, $165; medicine, $10; digging pool, $50; building fences, $35. Plaintiff alleged that he owned a tract of land near the city of Paris, of the value of…

2Cited by20 opinions

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  2. Smith v. City of SedaliaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
  3. Town of Jacksonville v. McCrackenTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
  4. City of Austin v. BushCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
  5. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. KingIndiana Court of Appeals · 1900

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