Fort Worth & D. N. Ry. Co. v. Johnson

The Fort Worth & Denver Northern Railway Company filed a proper statement in writing with the county judge of Gray county to have-condemned for right of way purposes certain land which is fully described in the statement by metes and bounds.

The railway company alleged that it was duly and legally incorporated and authorized to construct, maintain, and operate tracks, yards, switches, etc., necessary and incidental to the operation of a railroad and to acquire the real estate necessary therefor; that the land desired for right of way purposes was owned and claimed by R. E. Johnson and wife,…