Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Houston & T. C. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 20, 1918PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County ; Ben M. Terrell, Judge. ■Suit by James M. Ellis against the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company. Relief denied, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
The Houston & Texas Central Railway Company filed with the county judge of Tarrant county a petition in writing seeking to condemn for the uses of the company a strip of land of 12.48 acres running across a part of a larger tract situated in said county and owned by James M. Ellis, a resident citizen of that county. That petition contained the following allegations:
“That the complainant herein desires to condemn said land and property for the purposes of constructing thereon its railway lines and tracks, depots, both freight and passenger, station buildings, machine shops, repair shops, side…
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- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Chicago, Ft. Madison & Des Moines Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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