Legal Opinion
Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ward County Irrigation District No. 1
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 16, 1923No. 3596PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. PRESIDING JUDGE McCLENDON
delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.
This suit was brought by Ward County Irrigation District No. 1 against Texas & Pacific Railway Company. For convenience the parties will be referred to respectively as the Irrigation District and the Railway Company. The suit was to recover the amount of taxes regularly levied and assessed by the Irrigation District for the years 1914 to 1919, inclusive, and to foreclose the statutory tax lien upon the right of way of the Railway Company traversing and included in the Irrigation District.
The Railway…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Houck v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Branson v. BushSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- KANS. CITY SO. RY. v. Road Imp. Dist. No. 6Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Board of Directors of Modesto Irrigation District v. TregeaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Parker v. El Paso Water Improvement District No. 1Texas Supreme Court · 1927
- Hydrocarbon Production Co., Inc. v. Valley Acres Water Dist.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Ward County Irr. Dist. No. 1Texas Commission of Appeals · 1925
- Arneson v. SharyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Ward County Irr. Dist. No. 1Court of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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