San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Kiersey

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The following statement of the pleadings of both parties is taken from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals.

“The appellees, B. F. and L. D. Mersey, sued the Aransas Pass Rail-, way Company, appellant, by separate suits, which suits were consoli-. dated, and in which appellees claimed damages to their land and crops, located in the valley of Cow Bayou, in Falls County, Texas, on account of overflows resulting from appellant’s alleged defective and negligently constructed trestle across Cow Bayou.

“The appellant answered by general exception and special exceptions,…