Legal Opinion
State v. International & Great Northern Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 1896No. 413PublishedCited by 24 opinions
Questions oertipied by the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Chambers County.
1Opinion of the Court
DEHMAH, Associate Justice.
In this cause the Court of Civil Ap peals have certified to this court question and explanatory statement as follows:
“This was an information in the nature of quo warranto, instituted in the name of the State by the County Attorney of Galveston County, in the District Court thereof, by leave of the judge of said court, against the International and Great Horthem Railroad Company, a private railway corporation, existing and operating railroads under the laws of' Texas, charging that it was exercising a power not conferred upon it by law and demanding, receiving, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Morris & Cummings v. State ex rel. GussettTexas Supreme Court · 1884
3Cited by24 opinions
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