Bledsoe v. International Railroad
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. On the fifth day of August, 1870, a special act was passed by the Legislature of the State of Texas entitled “An act to incorporate the International Railroad Company, and to provide for the aid of the State of Texas in constructing the same.”
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. On the fifth day of August, 1870, a special act was passed by the Legislature of the State of Texas entitled “An act to incorporate the International Railroad Company, and to provide for the aid of the State of Texas in constructing the same.” The Governor of the State neither approved the bill nor returned it to the house in which it originated, and the same became a law by reason of executive non-action within the constitutional period. So much of that act as is necessary to a proper understanding of this case is set forth in…
1Opinion of the Court
J. W. Ferris, Special Justice.
This case is brought here by an appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Travis county awarding a peremptory mandamus against the appellant, A. Bledsoe, Comptroller of the State of Texas, and commanding him to countersign and register five hundred State bonds, calling for one thousand dollars each.
The action is based upon an act of the Legislature of this State, passed August 5, 1870, entitled, “An act to incorporate the International Railroad Company, and to provide for the aid of the State of Texas in constructing the same,” and more particularly upon…
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