Texas Central Railroad v. Bowman
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Comanche County. The railroad company sued Bowman, appealed from a judgmeht for defendant, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Plaintiff in error designated and occupied a strip of land for its right of way across an alternate section of land surveyed for and appropriated to the public school fund. Defendants in error have title to the section by purchase and patent from the State subsequent to the doing of the acts constituting the inception of the claim of the railroad company. Both claims originated after the present Constitution and the Revised Statutes of 1879 took effect. This action was begun by plaintiff in error to enjoin interference by defendants with its right of way; and, in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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