Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Hapgood
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Olay County Court; E. W. Coleman, Judge. Suit by K. N. Hapgood and wife against the Ft. Worth <& Denver City Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The appellees, Plapgood, sued appellant railway company to recover damages for the destruction by fire of certain grass owned by appellees and damage to the land. It is alleged that the grass and grass seed were then worth and of the reasonable value of $2 per acre, and that they were damaged to the extent of the difference in the value of the land before and after the fire, $2 per acre. The jury found damages to the grass $1 per acre and to the land $1.50 per acre or a total' of $440.85.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. FaganTexas Supreme Court · 1888
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- Bedell v. . the Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Brown v. AitkenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1916
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. KnappTexas Supreme Court · 1879
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