T. V. Board v. Texas & Pacific R. W. Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harrison. Tried below before the Hon. M. D. Ector. The opinion contains a statement of the ease, as acted on by the court. A history of the litigation is given in the briefs of counsel, which are given entire.
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by appellants, citizens of Harrison county, to annul certain proceedings had in the County Court of said county, ordering that bonds of said Harrison county for $300,000 should' be issued and delivered to appellee, the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, as a donation by said county, to aid in the construction of its railway, and to enjoin the clerk of the County Court from attesting said bonds, the chief justice of said county from issuing, and said railway company from demanding and receiving them.
On an application to Hon. M. D. Ector, judge of…
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