O'Connor v. Andrews

HENRY, Associate Justice.

Appellee instituted this suit in the District Court of Dallas County to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received by Mrs. Andrews, wife of appellee, by the falling of a cornice and fire wall from appellant’s building on May 8,1885.

The petition alleges, that on the 8th of May, 1885, appellant was the owner of a two-story brick house situated on the corner of Elm and Lamar Streets and Pacific Avenue in the city of Dallas, the west wall of the building extending along the east side of Lamar Street from Elm Street to Pacific Avenue, and that appellant was…