Pierce Butler

“ Plaintiff prays that the court forever enjoin defendants from asserting, or in any court attempting to enforce, their claims that such offices, shops and roundhouses shall be kept at Palestine, and that it decree the railroad property to be free from the burden and cloud of such claims. ”

“ Defendants, without equity or right, are clouding the title and burdening the property to the great injury of plaintiff, its trust, and any purchaser of the property. The suit is brought in aid of the principal cause and the decree of foreclosure and for the benefit of the plaintiff and any purchaser under the decree, and for the purpose of determining whether the claims of Anderson county, Palestine, and its citizens are valid in law or equity. ”

“ The substance of the statutory provisions and litigation is disclosed by the decisions in the case, which are reported, respectively, in International & G. N. R. Co. v. Anderson (Tex. Civ. App.) 150 S. W. 239 ”