HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL R. CO. v. TEXAS & N. O. R. CO.

No. 12815.

279 S.W.2d 386 (1955)

HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, M. S. McCorquodale and Quentin Bates, Houston, for appellants.

Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd, Tom Martin Davis and John A. MacDonald, Jr., Houston, for appellee.


GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the 61st District Court of Harris County, Honorable Ben F. Wilson, presiding judge, sitting without a jury, in favor of the appellee against the appellants, substantially to this effect:

The court entered a declaratory judgment under Vernon's R.S. Article 2524-1, construing the contract existing between the parties in the manner contended for by the T. & N. O., that is, that the trackage owned by T. &...

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