Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Roddy
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM RHEA. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rhea County.— FRahk L. Lynch, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This suit was commenced July 14, 1914, by B. W. and M. S. Roddy against the railway company to recover damages done to a tract of land through which the defendant’s roadbed is constructed, it being alleged that a ditch made by the company along its right of way for the protection of the plaintiffs’ farming land by negligence was allowed to fill up, thus throwing the flow of water out on their land and causing a deposit of sand, gravel, and cinders to form thereon to its injury.
The defendant company filed a plea of the statute of limitation of three years, applicable to injuries to realty.
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- Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. MatthewsTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
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