Sabine & East Texas Railway Co. v. Gulp & Interstate Railway Co.

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following statement and questions:

“On the 26th of November, 1897, the appellee instituted proceedings, by presenting a petition to the county judge of Jefferson County, to condemn a crossing over appellant’s road and right of way and land acquired for yard purposes, in the city of Beaumont. The alleged necessity for the condemnation was to connect the main line of the appellee’s road with the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway in the said city. The ■condemnation sought was…