East Line & Red River Railway Co. v. State

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

This is a quo warranto proceeding by the State upon the relation of the Attorney-General, seeking a forfeiture of the charter rights and franchises of the respondent upon the following alleged grounds:

1. Permitting its road bed, rolling stock, and general equipments to so get out of repair as to retard travel and commerce and to render the transportation of passengers over its road hazardous, dangerous, and extremely uncomfortable, thereby rendering itself unable to perform its duties to the public or to carry out the objects and purposes of its creation.

2. Failure to…