Chicago, R.I. P. R. Co. v. Watson

The plaintiff in this action contends that the defendant, in constructing its railroad from Lawton to Gerónimo, built a bridge across Wolf creek in the years 1902 and 1903; that in constructing said bridge, the defendant excavated what is known as a “borrow pit” from which the defendant obtained dirt to raise the embankment on either side of the river; that this “borrow pit” was excavated upon the defendant’s own land; that it was about eight feet deep, and that the closest said “borrow pit” came to the bank of the river was a distance of ten or fifteen feet; that during the course of years,…