Roberts v. Shell Pipe Line Corp.

TIREY, Justice.

Oscar Roberts and wife, plaintiffs, brought this suit against Shell Pipe Line Corporation, J. W. Watson, Colorado City, a municipal corporation (incorporated under the general laws), Mitchell County, and the Honorable W. W. Porter, County Judge, for mandatory injunction to compel defendants to remove fences placed across a strip of land alleged to be a public street, and in the alternative asked for damages in the amount of $2,500. The court sustained the plea in abatement of J. W. Watson and he was dismissed. The court submitted the cause to the jury on two issues; (1) whether…