International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before Hon. John C. Townes: The opinion states the case. The Attorney-General filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, as follows (filed April 3, 1889): “'How comes the State of Texas by attorney and moves the court to dismiss this case, which is by quo warranto, for the following reasons, to-wit: “1. That the appeal herein was not prosecuted within the time prescribed by law, as the judgment in the case was rendered on June 21, 1888, and the…
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before Hon. John C. Townes: The opinion states the case. The Attorney-General filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, as follows (filed April 3, 1889): “'How comes the State of Texas by attorney and moves the court to dismiss this case, which is by quo warranto, for the following reasons, to-wit: “1. That the appeal herein was not prosecuted within the time prescribed by law, as the judgment in the case was rendered on June 21, 1888, and the transcript of the proceedings in the court below was filed in this court the 3d of April, 1889, three days after the first…
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
This proceeding was brought by the State through the Attorney-General under the act regulating proceedings in quo warranto, and the purpose of the proceeding was:
1. To have declared a forfeiture of the company’s charter and wind up its business.
2. To have a decree withdrawing from the company’s property the immunity from taxation given by the Act of March 10, 1875.
On hearing the court below found that the facts proved did not justify ■a forfeiture of the company’s charter, but that the facts relied upon for that purpose were sufficiently shown to authorize a decree…
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