Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OE CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS'. This was a suit commenced on behalf of the State of Texas against the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, in the District Court of Brewster.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS'. This was a suit commenced on behalf of the State of Texas against the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, in the District Court of Brewster. County, to recover 1383 tracts of land, containing in the aggregate eight hundred and seventy-nine thousand and seventy-eight acres, situated in various counties, and to cancel certificates and patents issued to .the railway company therefor. The railway company filed a petition for the removal of the cause to the Circuit Court of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
1.. The State of Texas, as owner of the lands in question, sought by its petition the removal of the cloud cast upon its-title by reason of certain certificates arid patents. The petition averred that those certificates were issued to the railway company for the construction of its road from the town of Columbus to the Guadalupe bridge during a period of time when there was no law in existence authorizing the issue of land, certificates and patents, and charged that the action "of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State in issuing and delivering the certificates, and…
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- Tennessee v. Union & Planters' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Pearsall v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Quinlan v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Bank of Commerce v. Tennessee Ex Rel. MemphisSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- People v. . Adirondack Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- McCarter v. Hudson County Water Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1906
- Commissioners of Wilkes County v. CallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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