Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Willson

This is a motion to file a petition for the writ of mandamus to compel the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth ''Supreme Judicial District to certify to this court a question arising in the case of the Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Sproles, recently decided in that court, upon the ground that there is a conflict in the decision of the court in that case with decisions of other Courts of Civil Appeals in cases cited.

By an act of the Legislature, approved May 9, 1899, it is provided that “in any cause that is now pending or may hereafter be pending in any of the Courts of Civil…