Sherman Gas & Electric Co. v. Belden
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District in an appeal from Grayson County. Belden sued the gas and electric company, and recovered judgment which was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The defendants in error instituted this suit in the District Court of Grayson County to recover of the plaintiff in error damages alleged to have been caused by the erection of its plant in close proximity to the home and residence house of the defendants in error. It was alleged and proved that Mrs Belden and others owned a lot in the city of Sherman upon which Mrs. Belden and her husband and family were residing when the gas and electric company constructed its plant on an adjoining lot within about fifteen feet of residence of the plaintiff Belden. The allegations of the petition are…
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