City of Corsicana v. White
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Navarro. Tried before the Hon. Frank P. Wood in 1875. Suit by R. N. White against the city of Corsicana to recover damages for certain alleged wrongs done him by the city authorities in the course of a criminal proceeding against him on a charge of obstructing a street, and also to enjoin the city authorities from exercising control over that street, the plaintiff claiming that it was his private property and part of his homestead.
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Error from Navarro. Tried before the Hon. Frank P. Wood in 1875. Suit by R. N. White against the city of Corsicana to recover damages for certain alleged wrongs done him by the city authorities in the course of a criminal proceeding against him on a charge of obstructing a street, and also to enjoin the city authorities from exercising control over that street, the plaintiff claiming that it was his private property and part of his homestead. The pleadings of defendant asserted that Bois d’Arc street, the one claimed by plaintiff, had been dedicated by him as a public street. The disputed…
1Opinion of the Court
Delany, J. Com. App.
One difficulty which we encounter in the decision of this case is that the record does not inform us of the powers and duties of the officers of the city of Corsicana; and another is that the allegations of the petition are so vague that it is *384not easy to determine precisely what was the object of the suit.Among the allegations of damage to plaintiff, by far the most important, apparently, were his arrest and imprisonment, and the extortion of money from him by the persons whom he calls the mayor and marshal of the city. These things are alleged to have been done wantonly,…
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