Legal Opinion
West v. Whitehead
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 15, 1922No. 6663PublishedCited by 44 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Kinney County; Joseph Jones, Judge. Suit by W. E. Whitehead and others against W. Fred West and others. From order granting a temporary injunction, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The Kinney & Uvalde Railway Company was chartered under subdivision 54 of article 1121 of the Revised Statutes, providing for the formation of private corporations in this state. The provision in question reads as follows;
“To build, maintain and operate a line of railroad to mines, gins, quarries, manufacturing plants, breweries and mills, and to condemn land necessary for the right of way for such road, from and between such mine, gin, quarry, manufacturing plant or mill, and the néarest line of railroad; but no corporation created under the provisions of this subdivision shall have the…
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- Kansas & Texas Coal Railway v. Northwestern Coal & Mining Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Phillips v. WatsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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