Crary v. Port Arthur Channel & Dock Co.

GAINES, Chief Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District has certified for our determination the following questions:

“The Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company was organized as a private corporation under the general laws of this State for the purpose expressed in the second article of its charter, as follows:

“ 'Second — the purposes for which this corporation is formed are to construct, own, and operate a deep water channel from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico at Sabine Pass, along and across Sabine Lake on the coast of Texas, to a point on the main land at or…