International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. Dawson

This cause was decided March 10, 1917, by this court, and the judgment of the trial court was reversed, and judgment was rendered for appellants. The opinion of the court is found at page 1145, 193 S. W., to which reference is made for consideration of it.

The purpose of the suit was to recover statutory penalties against the appellants for allowing Johnson grass to go to seed on the railroad right of way extending through appellees’ farm. In reversing and rendering judgment for appellants, this court held that there was no liability for statutory penalties, because the railroad was in the…