San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Flato

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

— This suit was instituted by the appellee, Mrs. Flato, and her husband, F. W. Flato, in the District Court of Fayette County, April 28, 1893, to recover alleged damages to their residence in the town of Flatonia, resulting from the erection by defendant company, in 1892, of a spur to its main track on Seventh street, in said town, just opposite to the residence of appellees. The railroad was built through the town in 1887. This spur was built by the receiver of the road, and not by the company. The facts show that, at the institution of the suit, the defendant…