Legal Opinion
I. & G. N. R'y Co. v. Anderson County
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1883No. Case No. 4848PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. PeytonEdwards.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.—
The statement of the nature and result of this suit, as made by the appellant, which is admitted by the appellees to be substantially correct, is as follows:
“ This is a suit to enjoin the county of Anderson from collecting county taxes on that part of appellant’s railroad which was constructed in that county by the International Eailroad Company under authority of its charter. The International Eailroad Company was chartered in August, 1870, and was authorized to build and operate a railroad from a point on Bed river, opposite Fulton, by the most practicable route…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Tomlinson v. BranchSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Humphrey v. PeguesSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Bledsoe v. International RailroadTexas Supreme Court · 1874
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
3Cited by7 opinions
- Mayor of Houston v. Houston City Street Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1892
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Campbell v. WigginsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1892
- International & Great Northern R'y Co. v. Smith CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Houston Contracting Co. v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1962
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