Legal Opinion
State v. Sugarland Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 28, 1914PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
RICE, J.
The Sugarland Railway Company was chartered in 1893 to run from Sugarland refinery to Areola in Ft. Bend county, where it formed a junction with the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé and the International & Great Northern Railways, and, in accordance with said charter, had built and for many years operated its line between said points. Thereafter, during 1911, desiring to abandon and remove about 3½ miles of its track north from Areola Junction, it applied to the Railroad Commission of Texas for this privilege, and obtained permission to do so; but the Railroad…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Union Pacific Railroad v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- The People v. . the Albany and Vermont Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- North Missouri Railroad v. LacklandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1857
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1947
- Texas Pipe Line Co. v. Burton Drilling Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1932
- City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Irrigation Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1929
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. v. FowlerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Pullman Co. v. Railroad Commission of TexasDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1940
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