I. & G. N. R'y Co. v. Klaus

Citations

• 64 Tex. 293

Syllabus

<p>1. Witness — Expert — Matters of science.— When one issue was, whether a bridge constructed by a railway company across a stream had been so unskilfully constructed as to cause the waters of the stream to overflow, unskilled witnesses familiar with the bridge structure and the facts connected with the overflow were permitted to give their opinion as to whether the bridge, on account of being improperly constructed, caused the damage, and to state in that connection the facts within their knowledge.</p> <p>2. Pact case.— See opinion for facts under which it was held that a judgment against a railway company for damages, alleged to have been caused by the overflow of land in consequence of its bridge being improperly constructed, was error.</p>