Railroad Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The railway company brought suit to enjoin the enforcement by the Railroad Commission of an order requiring it to erect and maintain a depot, etc. The Commission appealed from a judgment for plaintiff, and on its affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This action was begun by the Railway Company to restrain by injunction the Railroad Commission from enforcing an order made by it requiring the company to construct at Texhoma, Texas, “a station on its line of railway in Texas, and its terminus, an adequate and sufficient passenger and freight depot building for the proper accommodation, as required by law, of the business of said station.”
The Railway Company contends, in substance (1), that the Commission was without power to require it to place a station at any place other than those at which it had established them, and (2) that if tiie…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Railroad & Warehouse Commissioners v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
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