Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an .appeal from the District Court of Travis County. The State, sued-the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company and ■Oleott for the recovery of land. Plaintiff had judgment and defendants appealed. The case was reversed and remanded; and both appellants and appellee, complaining of various rulings therein, obtained writ of ■error on the ground that the State was a party.
1Dissent
DISSENTING OPINION.
BROWN, Associate Justice.
I am not able to concur in the conclusion reached by the majority of the court, and feel constrained to-enter my dissent and to state the reasons which influence my judgment. The clear statement, by the majority, of the history of railroad legislation in Texas presents sharqdy the issues of law involved in the decision of the case, and relieves me from making any statement, except to develop the points of difference which arise in the application, to the-facts, of recognized principles of law.
I was strongly inclined to the opinion that section 6 of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Crane v. ReederMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
- Wood v. Board of Election CommissionersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
- State ex rel. Kellogg v. BishopSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
- Raleigh & Gaston Railroad v. ReidSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1870
- Waldo & Hughes v. BellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1858
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