Abilene & S. Ry. Co. v. Herman

Henry Herman brought this suit against Abilene & Southern Railway Company to recover damages. Plaintiff alleged, in substance and effect, that he owned forty acres of land near Abilene, through which ran Cedar creek; that from an abundant supply of water in said creek he had been for many years prior to 1927 irrigating about fifteen acres of land, known as Henry Herman’s Cardens, and thereby producing garden vegetables for which there was a ready market at all times in the nearby city; that as profits from crops of vegetables so raised he had been making annually an average of $500 per acre…