Morris & Cummings v. State ex rel. Gussett
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. John C. Russell.
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the county attorney of Nueces county, at the relation of H. Gussett and others, against the city of Corpus Christi, the firm of Morris & Cummings, and other defendants, requiring them to show by what authority they assumed the right to collect tolls on freight passing through the channel connecting the Bay of Aransas with the Bay of Corpus Christi. The information prayed for judgment ousting the defendants of the franchise which was alleged to have been usurped by them.
*733The city of Corpus Christi disclaimed…
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