Texas & Mississippi River, Canal, & Navigation Co. v. County Court of Galveston County
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. Suit for a mandamus, to compel the issuance of bonds of Galveston county, by virtue of a vote of seven hundred and four voters of that county, in July, 1872, in favor of a gratuitous donation or subsidy of five hundred thousand dollars to a company organized by voluntary association in February, 1872, “to be known as the Texas and Mississippi Kiver, Canal, and Navigation Company.”
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Error from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. Suit for a mandamus, to compel the issuance of bonds of Galveston county, by virtue of a vote of seven hundred and four voters of that county, in July, 1872, in favor of a gratuitous donation or subsidy of five hundred thousand dollars to a company organized by voluntary association in February, 1872, “to be known as the Texas and Mississippi Kiver, Canal, and Navigation Company.” “ For the purpose of constructing, operating, and owning a canal, and for the purpose of navigation by such vessels as the directory may deem…
1Opinion of the Court
Reeves, Associate Justice.
On the 26th day of August, d 872, the County Court of Galveston county made the following orders:
“Be it remembered, that on the 25th day of June, A. D. 1872, a petition, signed by not less than fifty freeholders of Galveston county, was presented to said court, under and by virtue of authority of an act of the Legislature of the State of Texas, entitled ‘An act to authorize counties, cities, and towns to aid in the construction of railroads and other works of internal improvements,’ approved April 12, 1871, to take the vote of the electors of said county upon a…
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