Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of Texas.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
The' facts of this case, as gathered from tbe record, are as follows: In 1856, W. T. Scott, Sr., was the owner of a considerable tract of land on the line of the then contemplated Southern Pacific Railway Company. Scott made a verbal contract with the railway company, by which be gave to tbe company the right to use a strip 100 feet wide, over his land, for a right of way, if the company would estaTalish a depot at a point on said land now known as “Seottsville,” and would further give said Scott and his family free transportation over the road. W. T. Scott, Sr., was a…
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