Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Letot
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Dallas County Court; W. M. Holland, Judge. Action by Oliver Letot against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment for $125 against the railway company in a suit brought by appellee to recover a statutory penalty and damages occasioned him by reason of the said railway company permitting Johnson grass to go to seed on its right of way and spread on his land. The railway company answered by general demurrer, general denial, and specially that the Acts of the Twenty-Seventh Legislature, 1901, c. 117, is violative of the Constitutions of the United States and of the state of Texas. A trial before the court without a jury resulted as above stated.
The trial court filed…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. MaySupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. GentryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
3Cited by6 opinions
- Taylor v. DimmittSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
- Lester v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Kallison v. PolandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Hoeneke v. LehmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. ForrestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
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