Trinity & B. V. Ry. Co. v. Empire Express Co.

The Empire Express Company, defendant in error, brought this action against the plaintiffs in error, seeking the issuance of a writ of mandamus requiring the railway company to permit defendant in error to do an express business over the railway company’s lines in Texas, to enjoin the American Express Company from interfering with defendant in error in conducting such business, and seeking recovery of damages from defendant railway company. The suit was based upon the act of 1887, constituting articles 6616 and 6617, R. S. 1911.

Plaintiffs in error demurred generally to the petition, and by…