Hunt v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil. Appeals, Fifth District, in an appeal from Johnson County. S. R. Johnson and J. B. Copeland sued Hugh Hunt and Winfield Scott in the District Court, and had judgment. Defendants appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bbowh
Hugh Hunt and Winfield Scott erected a gin in the City of Cleburne, near to the residences of S. B. Johnson and B. J. Copeland, who resided on separate lots, neither being interested in the property of the otlrer. It was claimed in the petition that Hunt and Scott so located their gin house, and so operated the gin as to cause the property of J ohnson' and Copeland, each, to deteriorate in value the sum of $750, each. It is not claimed that the plaintiffs are joint owners of the property injured, nor that either was interested in the damages sought to be recovered for injury done to- the…
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