Heath v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Manning, J.

The plaintiffs sue for $6500 as damages for injury to their land by obstruction of its drainage, by digging pits and holes outside of the 150 feet width donated the company, by failure to construct crossings, and for injury to crops from not making cattle-guards in consequence of which stock entered. The injury from obstruction of drainage is claimed to bo $2,500—from inconvenience caused by want of crossings $1,500—from the pits and holes $2,000— from depredation of cattle upon crops $500.

Tlie case was tried by the judge alone who awarded…