Houston & Great Northern Railroad v. Kuechler
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. The Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company was chartered by the Legislature of Texas on the 22d of October, 1866. The incorporators were T. M. Bagby, M. D. Ector, J. M. Maxey, JVL H. Bonner, G. G. Gregg, C. G. Young, and fifteen other persons.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. The Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company was chartered by the Legislature of Texas on the 22d of October, 1866. The incorporators were T. M. Bagby, M. D. Ector, J. M. Maxey, JVL H. Bonner, G. G. Gregg, C. G. Young, and fifteen other persons. The prescribed route of the road was to commence at Houston, and thence to proceed “ northward to “ Red River, connecting with the Memphis and El Paso rail- “ road as near Clarksville as practicable, and passing as near to “the towns of Montgomery, Huntsville, Crockett, Rusk, and “…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
This suit was instituted by the Houston and Great ¡Northern Railroad Company, in the ¡District Court of Travis county, against the Commissioner of the Land Office, to compel him to issue to the company certificates for sixteen sections of land per mile, for twenty-five miles of constructed road. The petition alleges that the Houston and Great ¡Northern Railroad Company was incorporated by an Act of the Legislature, passed on the 22d day of October, 1866, and a copy of the charter or act of incorporation is made a part of the petition. The petition further alleges, and the act of incorporation…
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