Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Maxwell
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HENRY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Henry County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — Thos. E. HARWOOD, Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil
This suit was brought in the circuit court of Henry county by the defendant in error to hold the plaintiff in error liable in damages for overflowing his lands by backing up water thereon, by means of the embankment on which the track is laid, and by the stoppage of the drains and culverts running under the embankment. It is alleged that damage was done to several acres of defendant in error’s land lying north of the track, to several other acres lying south of the track and west of the public road by the means referred to, and also to certain other acres on the south of the track and east of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Railway Co. v. MossmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Sneed v. JenkinsTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Garland v. AurinTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
3Cited by3 opinions
- Slatten v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1938
- White v. N. C. & St. L. Ry.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1925
- C. N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. MoonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1926