James C. Davis. as Agent President United States v. C. B. Ivey and E. S. Estes

BUFORD, J. -- In this case suit was prosecuted by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error. We shall refer to the defendants in error as the plaintiffs and to the plaintiff in error as the defendant. The suit involved damage alleged to have been caused by the construction of the road-bed of the F.E.C. Ry. Counsel for the defendants in error in their brief have made a clear and concise statement of the facts of the case as they may be reasonably gathered from substantial evidence contained in the record, which statement being so supported we adopt and quote: