County of Harris v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

PEDEN, Justice.

Harris County filed this appeal from the granting of an order temporarily enjoining Harris County and Brown and Root, Inc., jointly and severally, from obstructing, interfering with, entering upon or causing work to be done upon the railroad right of way owned by Southern Pacific Transportation Company at a certain described point. Brown and Root, Inc., has not appealed.

Brown and Root, under a contract with the County, was building a two-lane highway through the County’s easement and across the railroad track when this injunction was sought. The County had not instituted…