D.B. N.O. Ry. Co. v. Barry

The defendant in error brought this suit against plaintiff in error to recover damages for overflows of a lot, which he owned and upon which he resided, alleged to have been caused by a dump constructed by the railroad company. The damages claimed were to the lot, to certain personal property, and for sickness of his wife and the resulting expenses of such sickness.

We deem it necessary to pass upon but two questions, and these require no detailed statement of the facts.

It is first complained, on behalf of the plaintiff in error, that the court erred in allowing damages for the sickness and…