Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Hapgood
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Clay County; J. W. Akin, Judge. Action by K. N. Hapgood against the Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway Company. From judgment for the plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
K. N. Hapgood and wife owned a tract of land adjacent to the right of way of the Ft. Worth Denver City Railway Company. The land was covered with a growth of grass suitable for hay and for grazing. During the months of June and July of the year 1914, seven fires occurred which consumed the grass on different portions of the tract at different times, the land so burned over aggregating 623 1/2 acres.
The owners of the land instituted this suit against the railway company to recover damages for the destruction of the grass and injury to the turf, it being alleged in plaintiffs' petition that the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Texas & Pacific R'y Co. v. Levi & Bro.Texas Supreme Court · 1883
- LeRoy Fibre Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Martin, Wise & Fitzhugh v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1894
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. AreyTexas Supreme Court · 1915
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- Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. SpeerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
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- Borden v. PelipchyikCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. GoodsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
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