Legal Opinion

Texas Mexican Ry. Co. v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 17, 1915No. 5369PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Webb County; J. F. Mullally, Judge. Suit by the State of Texas against the Texas Mexican Railway Company. From an order appointing a receiver without notice, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMourstjnd, J.

This is a suit filed by the state of Texas, on August 11, 1914, through its Attorney General, joined by the district attorney of the Forty-Ninth district, against the Texas Mexican Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as “railway,” seeking a forfeiture of its charter, with prayer for mandamus or mandatory injunction to compel the railway to operate and open its tracks on and to half of the International Bridge at Laredo, Tex., between the United States and Mexico. We adopt appellant’s statement of the grounds upon which the forfeiture is sought, as follows:

“First. It is alleged that the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. Sugarland Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. R.R. Commission of Texas v. C.R.I. G. Ry. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Railroad Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1909

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. C. P. Oil Co. v. SheltonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  2. Corsicana Hotel Co. of Texas v. KellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. Lone Star Building & Loan Ass'n of Houston v. State Ex Rel. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
  4. State v. St. Louis S. W. Ry. Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Ellman v. ReinarzCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965

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