Legal Opinion
Railroad Commission of Texas v. Eastern Texas Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 18, 1924No. 145 and 146PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
These two suits involve the right of the Eastern Texas Railroad Company, a Texas corporation having a railroad in that State, to dismantle and abandon its road. One was brought by the company to prevent threatened interference by the State’s officers; the other by the State to prevent intended dismantling and abandonment by the company. The former was begun in the District Court; the latter was removed into that court from a state court. The company prevailed, 283 Fed. 584, and the State and its officers prosecute these direct appeals,
The road is 30.3 miles long and all in Texas. The company…
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