Bennett v. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tom Green County; J. W. Timmins, Judge. Action by P. B. Bennett against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Company. From a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
Appellant brought this suit against appellee to recover a penalty of $1,-000, denounced by article 4433 of the Revised Civil Statutes, on account of its failure, for more than two months, to establish a crossing, after written demand made therefor, at a point on its line of railway in Tom Green county within 1% miles of where the same intersects the west boundary line of survey No. 4 of the Tom Green county school land, alleging that he and more than four others who owned land within five miles of said point of intersection had theretofore, to wit, on the 25 th day of June, 1909, demanded, in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rhine v. City of McKinneyTexas Supreme Court · 1880
- Gulf, Colorado & Sante Fe Railway Co. v. EllisTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Johnson v. Freeport & Mississippi River Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1886
3Cited by1 opinion
- International & G. N. Ry. Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915