Mercantile Trust Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Texas
In Equity. Suits for injunction. On motion for temporary injunctions.
1Opinion of the Court
McCormick, Circuit Judge.
A glance at the public history of railroad interests in Texas will help us to see the true state of the issues joined in these suits. With some trifling exceptions near the gulf coast, Texas has no navigable waters. The need of railroads was therefore early felt. When, hy the compromise of her claims to the Santa Fe territory, she received a, fund which she dedicated to the support of the public free schools, she adopted the policy of loaning this fund to aid in the construction of railroads, taking a first mortgage lien. She also passed a general law extending…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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- Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Poindexter v. GreenhowSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Stone v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
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- Consolidated Water Co. v. City of San DiegoU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1897
- Knickerbocker Trust Co. v. City of KalamazooU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan · 1910
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