Tugwell & Madison v. Eagle Pass Ferry Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Maverick. Tried below before Hon. J. H. James, Special District Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment and decree of the District Oourt of Maverick County refusing an injunction at suit of appellants Tugwell & Madison. The plaintiffs were operating a ferry across the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass under a license from the County Commissioners Court of said county.
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Appeal from Maverick. Tried below before Hon. J. H. James, Special District Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment and decree of the District Oourt of Maverick County refusing an injunction at suit of appellants Tugwell & Madison. The plaintiffs were operating a ferry across the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass under a license from the County Commissioners Court of said county. The contract between the county and Tugwell, under whom plaintiffs held, stipulated that no other license should issue. Tugwell, upon bids for the exclusive ferry rights, offered and paid $250 per annum for the ferry license…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by appellants, a ferry company, to enjoin appellee, a ferry corporation, from operating a ferry boat across the Rio Grande between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Pie*488dras Negras, in Mexico. The plaintiffs claimed an Exclusive right to operate a ferry between the towns named by virtue of a license granted to them by the Commissioners Court of Maverick County in June, 1886.
The defendant company in its answer claimed its right to maintain a ferry between the points designated, first, by virtue of its incorporation as a ferry company under the general laws…
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