State v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The State sued the defendant railroad companies to recover taxes and penalties and had judgment for the taxes only. Defendants appealed and judgment was reversed and rendered in their favor. The State thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The defendants in error, the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, the New York, Texas & Mexican Railway Company, the Gulf, West Texas & Pacific Railway Company and the Galveston, Houston & Northern Railway Company were all incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas prior to the year 1905 and each of them was engaged in operating its line of railroad, which was situated wholly within the State, during the year 1905. Under an Act of the Legislature of the State of Texas, approved May 3, 1905, the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company…
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