Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Montague County; C. F. Spencer, Judge. Action by the State against the Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
This suit was filed June 2,1915, by the county attorney of Montague county, to recover penalties aggregating $15,400, for the alleged failure of the defendant railway company to comply with article 6593, Vernon’s Sayles’ Texas Civil Statutes, the petition alleging that for a period from July 1, 1909, until June 1, 1915, 308 weeks, defendant “maintained and kept a passenger depot building on its line of railway at the town of Fruitland; that within a reasonable and convenient distance from its said depot building, during all of said time, appellant had maintained water-closets for the…
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- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1907
- Maghee v. Camden & Amboy Railroad Transportation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Plunkett v. Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
- State v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1870
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- Harrison Bldg. Co. v. B. F. Dittmar Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1928