Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Potter County; J. N. Browning, Judge. Trespass to try title by Alice Johnson against the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company, with alternative demand by defendant for a condemnation of a right of way. Judgment for plaintiff for damages to land from defendant’s taking of a right of way, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The appellee, Alice Johnson, for herself and as survivor of the community estate of herself and her deceased husband, A. S. Johnson, sued the appellant, the Chicago, ¿Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company to recover section 30, block HI, in Old-ham county, containing 640 acres of land, in the form of an ordinary action of trespass to try title. The appellant disclaimed as to-all of said section except 19.35 acres thereof, described by metes and bounds; and as to-said strip appellant pleaded the general issue not guilty, two and four years’ statute-of limitation as to damages, and, by estop-pel,…
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