Kansas City, M. & O. Ry. Co. of Texas v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Travis County; George Calhoun, Judge. Action by the State against the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Company of Texas. From a judgment in favor of the State, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
RICE, J.
This suit was brought by the state of Texas, through its Attorney General, in the district court of Travis county, on the 7th of July, 1911, against appellant for a writ of mandamus or mandatory injunction to compel it to construct its line of railway through the town of Sherwood, the county seat of Irion county, and establish and maintain a depot therein, and for a penalty of $5,000 for having willfully failed and refused to do so, alleging that said company had constructed its road within less than three miles of said town (which is unincorporated, containing…
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