San Antonio & A. P. Ry. Co. v. Carpenter

W. T. Carpenter et ux. brought this suit against the defendant railway company for permanent damages to their home, occasioned by the construction of defendant’s roadbed and switchyards very near the lots on which plaintiffs resided. Plaintiffs aiso sought temporary damages occasioned by the defendant temporarily stopping up his drain ditch and diverting the water, as alleged by plaintiffs, from its natural flow,, and impounding it upon plaintiffs’ lots, causing it to go under their house, from which cause the foundation settled, injuring the building. Plaintiffs further sued for damages for…