International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Dawson

The facts of the case are clearly and concisely stated by the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District of Texas in its certificate as follows:

“Appellee sued the International & Great Northern Railway Company and receivers, appellants, to recover statutory penalties for permitting Johnson grass to go to seed on the right-of-way of appellant railway company, while in the hands of receivers appointed by the United States Court, and judgment entered by the justice court and by the county court; and on appeal from the last judgment to this court the judgment was reversed and…