Gainesville, Henrietta & Western Railway Co. v. Hall
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cooke. Tried below before Hon. D. E. Barrett, Special District Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
This action was brought by appellee against the appellant corporation to recover damages to certain real estate alleged to have been caused by the construction of the defendant’s railroad and the operation of its trains. The plaintiff’s property consists of a lot in the suburbs of the city of Gainesville, upon which he resides with his family, and has a dwelling house and other improvements appropriate to a place of residence. The dwelling house stands 26 feet from the south boundary line of the lot. The defendant company took no part of plaintiff’s land, but…
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