Jones v. Keith
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Titus. Tried below before the Hon. J. D. McAdoo. The opinion states the material facts. The defendant, Jones, claimed no interest in the land, and his charter made no provision to compensate the owners of it.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The appellees have enjoined, in the District Court, the appellant, from building a toll-bridge across the Sulphur Fork of Red River. They allege in their petition that they are the owners in fee of the land on both hanks of the river, where the appellant proposes to erect the bridge, and that the appellant has no right to build the bridge at the place designated and known as HcGrury’s Crossing.
The appellant, in his answer, pleads an authority under a special act of the Legislature, granting to him and his Associates a franchise to construct and keep up a toll-bridge, for the period of…
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