Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Riggs
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from El Paso County. Riggs, as plaintiff, recovered judgment against the railway company, which appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Plaintiff, Riggs, sued the Railroad Company to recover the value of a house which he claimed to have owned in the city of El Paso and which, through the negligence of the Railroad Company, was destroyed. It was alleged that the Railroad Company constructed its track along Main Street in the said city and, in order to control the flow of water which naturally would cross the track, constructed a ditch on the north side of its track and near to where plaintiff’s property was situated put in a culvert to carry the water under a street which the railroad crossed. It was alleged that the ditch was…
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