General
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company v. Bowles; and Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company v. Strycharski
168 U.S. 706·Supreme Court of the United States·1897
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Opinion
No. 92.
No. 284.
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company v. Bowles, and Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company v. Strycharski.
Error to the Supreme Court of the State- of Texas.
Argued and submitted November 4, 1897.
Decided November 8, 1897.
Mr. R. S. Lovett and Mr. Maxwell Evarts for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. II. M. Gar-wood for defendants in error in No. 92.
Mr. Presley K. Ewing and Mr. II. F. Ring for defendants in error in No. 284.
[MAJORITY — Per Guriam.]
Per Guriam.
Judgments affirmed with costs and interest on the authority of Pennsylvania Railroad v. Jones, 155 U. S. 333, 350; Railroad Company v. Brown, 17 Wall. 445, 450; Texas & Pacific Railway v. Johnson, 151 U. S. 81; Texas & Pacific Railway v. Bloom’s Administrator, 164 U. S. 636.