33 Tex. 112
Decided July 1, 1870
Texas Supreme Court · decided 1870-07-01
Error from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. I. B.' McFarland.- In 1860, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railroad Company surveyed the track of their road across the land of Matthews, the defendant in error. The parties failing to agree on the compensation to be paid Matthews by the company, the latter called for a commission of citizens, as - provided by law, to assess the amount.
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Decided 1870-07-01
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently December 1963
5 state decisions
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¶1Any errors which might have been committed by the court prior to the rendition of a judgment by the consent of the parties are waived, and will not now be noticed by this court. The principles involved in most of the exceptions have been settled by *113ibis court in the case of Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Bail-road Company v. Gfeorge A. Ferris, 26 Texas, 588.
¶2The judgment of the district court is affirmed with damages. .
¶3Affirmed. •