Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 14, 1902PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from the County Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. E. B. Green.

1Opinion of the Court

NEILL, Associate Justice.

This is a proceeding to condemn certain property of appellant to appellee’s use as a right of way for its railroad. There is no controverted issue except as to the damages, which were assessed by the jury upon the trial in the County Court at $2100.

The property sought to be condemned is a strip 100 feet in width, aggregating five and one-half acres, running through a tract of land owned by appellant, a small part of which is situated within the corporate limits of the city of San Antonio, the main part lying without hut near such corporate limits. Besides the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Washburn v. Milwaukee & Lake Winnebago RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  2. San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. RubyTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Chaney v. ColemanTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Culbertson & Blair Packing & Provision Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Gardner v. Inhabitants of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Foley Bros. Dry Goods Co. v. SettegastCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
  2. City of El Paso v. CoffinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  3. Stanley v. SumrellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Miller v. GLACIER DEVELOPMENT CO., LLCSupreme Court of Kansas · 2007
  5. State v. ReeceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964

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