Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Blumberg

This suit was instituted by ap-pellee against the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Ráilway Company, Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, and the Eraser Brick Company, to recover damages to his land, alleged to have accrued by the spread of Johnson grass from a switch or spur line onto the land. The Seguin Vitrified Paving & Face Brick Company was also made a party by a cross-action. It was alleged that the market value of the land was $500 less after becoming infested with the grass than it was before, and that if it was not permanently damaged it would cost $300 to eradicate…