Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Richards

COLLABD, Judge,

Section A.—J. M. Bichards, plaintiff below, brought this suit in the District Court of Dallas County against appellant, alleging that he was the owner of certain 164 acres of land; that on March 16, 1886, he had been led to execute a deed conveying the right of way over his land to the railway company 100 feet wide, with the right to use such additional land as might be necessary in the construction and maintenance of the road. It was alleged that the deed was obtained from him by fraudulent representations, but the court below sustained exceptions to that part of the petition,…