Tyrus v. Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis Railroad
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County.— J. S. Calloway, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.
This action was brought to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been inflicted by tbe defendant upon a lot belonging to tbe plaintiff by gathering surfaces water in a body and sending it through a culvert upon tbe lot referred to, whereby it was permanently injured.
Tbe facts shown by tbe record are, in substance, as follows:
Tbe plaintiff is tbe owner of lot No. 7, in block 61, in Ft. Pickering Addition to Memphis. This lot fronts north on Iowa avenue, and- runs back south to an alley, and has a front of 45 feet and a depth of 177 1-2 feet. On the…
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