City of San Antonio v. Lane
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas H. Stribling. This suit was brought to the Fall term (1866) of the District Court of Bexar county; and was tried at the Fall term, 1868, resulting in judgment for the plaintiff, Lane, who is defendant in error.
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Error from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas H. Stribling. This suit was brought to the Fall term (1866) of the District Court of Bexar county; and was tried at the Fall term, 1868, resulting in judgment for the plaintiff, Lane, who is defendant in error. In the reported case of San Antonio v. Jones, 28 Texas, 19? will be found the sections of the legislative act incorporating the railroad company, and also all other matters having any relevancy to the questions discussed and decided in this case. Ho statement of facts was brought up in this case.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
This suit is founded upon eight coupons for interest, attached to bonds, issued by the city of San Antonio in payment of stock in the San Antonio Bailroad Com*411pany. The ease of the City of San Antonio v. Enoch Jones, 28 Tex., 19, is, in all respects, similar to this. In that case the suit was upon coupons upon bonds, issued at the same time by the same municipal authority, and for stock in the same railroad company. We may add, that the bonds were issued by virtue of authority conferred by one and the same act of the Legislature, and by one and the same municipal ordinance. The two suits are…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Henderson v. RailroadTexas Supreme Court · 1856
- Tadlock v. EcclesTexas Supreme Court · 1858
- Clark v. City of JanesvilleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- City of San Antonio v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1866
- BISSELL v. City of JeffersonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
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