Rosenthal v. Taylor, Bastrop & Houston Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Fayette. Tried below before Hon. H. Teichmueller.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
The appellant sued appellee to recover damages for a depreciation in value of his lot in the town of La Grange, alleged to have resulted from the construction of appellee’s road and the operation of its trains along a street in front of his property.
In defense appellee alleged that appellant, with others, before the construction of its road, had entered into a contract with it to procure for it the right of way through "the town, and that they did procure the right, of way along the street upon which the railway was constructed.
The contract was made a part of the…
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- Hopkins v. Western Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1875
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