Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from the District Court of Bosque County. Tried below before Hon. O. L. Lockett.
1Opinion of the Court
NEILL, Associate Justice.
This action was brought by the State, hereinafter called plaintiff, against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Ee Railway Company, alleged to be a railroad organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, which is hereinafter called defendant, to recover $5000 as a penalty under article 4579, Rev. Stats, of 1895, for an alleged failure and refusal of the defendant to comply with an order of the Railroad Commission of this State, known as Circular No. 199. Upon a trial before the court, without a jury, judgment was rendered against the defendant in the sum of $500…
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