Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. Cooper
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hardeman County; J. A. Nabers, Judge. Action by the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company against A. J. Cooper and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE, J..The Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company sued A. J. Cooper and others on a contract whereby the defendants, called subscribers, undertook to pay the railway company a bonus and secure certain right of way for its line of road. It was alleged that the subscribers had failed to secure right of way through two tracts of land included within the terms of the contract, and the railway company brought the suit to recover the amounts which it had paid in securing such right of way. A trial before the judge resulted in judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.
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