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HUFFINGTON v. TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD CO.

No. 11146.

376 S.W.2d 388 (1964)

J. M. HUFFINGTON, Appellant, v. TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Bobbitt, Karl E. Kraft, Houston, for appellant.

Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, John F. Heard, Houston, for appellees.

HUGHES, Justice.

This suit was filed by J. M. Huffington, appellant, against the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company and its successor and assign, Southern Pacific Company, for damages for fire losses to his land and its blue stem grass crop allegedly caused by the negligence of appellees. The farm of appellant adjoined appellees' railroad right of way, over which their trains are operated, for a distance of 1.2 miles. Ninety-five acres of appellant's blue stem...

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