State v. International & Great Northern Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Harris County. The State sued the railway company for penalties for violation of the statute. A demurrer was sustained to its petition, and the ruling affirmed on its appeal, whereupon it obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yantts
Suit was by the State of Texas to recover penalties for the alleged violation of articles 6581 and 6582, Eevised Statutes, 1911, which required the erection and maintenance of a building or shed by every person, corporation, or receiver, engaged in constructing or repairing railroad cars, trucks or other railroad equipment, and provided a penalty of from fifty to one hundred dollars for each ten days of its violation.
The Act has several exemptions, by the terms of which such person, corporation, or receiver, would be absolved from its penalties. Among these exemptions is the provision that…
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