City of Lagrange v. Pieratt

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Fayette County, Texas, by H. C. Pieratt and wife against the City of LaGrange, to recover damages consisting of the loss of profits from Pieratt’s business as owner and operator of a gasoline filling station, situated on a lot abutting on State Highway No. 71. Such highway at the point in question here was also a public street of the City. Pieratt’s loss was occasioned by the temporary obstruction of such highway for several months, while it was being widened, paved, and otherwise reconstructed and improved by the State Highway Department,…