Grossman v. Houston, Oak Lawn & Magnolia Park Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Harris County. Grossman sued the railway company and recovered judgment, which was reversed and rendered in favor of defendant on its appeal. Gross-man then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Grossman owns and resides upon a lot on Commerce Street in the city of Houston, which he had occupied with his family for about ten years before the institution of this suit on the 24th day of December, 1902. The residence of the family was situated near to the line of the street and the street is about sixty feet wide. In 1889, the Houston, Belt & Magnolia Park Railway Company was organized under the general railroad laws of this State; and, early in the year 1891," with the consent of the city council of the city of Houston, that company built and completed its line…
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