T. & N. O. R. R. Co. v. Galveston County

BREWSTER, Judge.

In 1908, Galveston County, three railway companies and an interurban company made a contract for the construction of a causeway and a drawbridge to connect Galveston Island with the mainland. The structure was to be occupied by a public road of the county and by the tracks of the railway and interurban companies. The county was to do the work under the direction of an engineer selected by the other parties, with the advice and consent of the county. Up to a cost of $1,400,000, the railway companies were to pay a half and the interurban company and the county each a fourth.…