Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Empire Express Co.

The appellee brought this suit against the appellants, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas, and the American Express Company, praying for a writ of mandamus requiring the said railway company to allow appellee to do an express business over its lines of railway in Texas, and to enjoin the American Express Company from interfering with appel-lee in conducting such business. The ap-pellee also' sought to recover damages, both actual and exemplary, from the appellant railway company. The suit is predicated upon articles 6616 and 6617 of the Revised Statutes of 1911, which read…