Jeff Bland Lumber & Building Co. v. Railroad Commission of Texas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Travis County; George Calhoun, Judge. Suit by the Jeff Bland Lumber & Building Company,’ a private corporation, against the Railroad Commission of Texas. From the sustaining of a demurrer to the petition, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
RICE, J.
This suit was brought by appellant, a private corporation, against the Railroad Commission of Texas, to set aside and cancel an order made by it granting the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Company the right to change its line of railway as originally constructed through the city of Houston, so as to enter and pass partly through said city over the tracks of the Houston &' Texas Central Railroad Company and the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, and to perpetually enjoin the Railroad Commission from granting to such company permission to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. Sugarland Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. ColburnTexas Supreme Court · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- Railroad Commission v. Texas & N. O. R.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1946