Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Co. v. Hornberger

The Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District has certified for our decision two questions which, with its statement of the case, are as follows:

“Appellant, a terminal railway company organized and chartered under the laws of this State and claiming as such the right of eminent domain, filed its application and statement with the county judge of Harris County, in accordance with the provisions of the statute, seeking to condemn for right of way purposes a strip of land 96.4 feet in width by 1442 feet in length over and upon a tract of 75 acres of land near the City of…