The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-13
RsnChman Sues Railroad Be-
cause They Failed TO
Build Line.
INVOLVED
ChOClaw Oklahoma & Texas Railway Agent
Secured Deed 10 Many Acres BY
LHtIRg Promises

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Can Railroad compauy's right.
of-way agent agree 10 certain con-
ditlons verbally ANA then aftcrNurd,
relying up The gulllbllily of a land
owner, cause deed 10 be signed
which cmbodics none Of the stipu-
loions before mentioned and yet
refrain from making lis company
liable?
on the decision IN the case OF J..
r. Goodman Va. The Choctaw. Okla
homa & Texas Railway company
which went 10 the jury Yesterday.
may hinge litigation involving $780,
600. IN this case the plaintiff, J..
r 'Goodman, sues tho company for
damages on account Of The non-com-
pletlon of q ruilropd after the right
of way had been secured. Tho land
directly concerned IN the present
suit Includes only u lit,le more than
four miles Of the proposed road The
decision IN thls suit, how ever viii
Iopply IN somo degree to land an
along the line from here TO Tucum-
carl, ~ NJ
The Goodman case goes back TO
The time when the right-of-way
agents for the proposed chociaw ex-
tension west secured deeds TO the
1 land needed for The road. Mr. Good
man whose ranch is in Oldham
county, was 60 have. according to
TIE promise of eho agoni, station
located on his mnd This was 20
become a town and would be a-sia-
lion for both freight and passenger
business. Goodman was naturally
cloied with the prospect Of having
town located on he land and rec
osnlzed tho benefit Ne would derive
from such improvements So ia
consideration OF the face shat the
town was 70 De located on his ranch,
Pie decided tie necessary land to the
company This rght-of-way WAS a
strip geo Feet vide and something
over iom miles long Including the
f0r sia.ion, switches ana
yards n an thc land measured up
about 100 acres, an OF which Good
man gave the iallroad company
without any further return or con-
sideratlon be alleges. than the ex-
press agreement with the agent that
the station would be located on hls
ranch.
Here, however The fine Italian
hand Of the nght-of-way agent
seems 70 have gotten in It's work
while The mole simple minded
rancher was dgeaming Of the profits
he was % mike frrm The future
metropolis Of Oldham county In.
stead OF reading The long and Ner-
bose contract Goodman stored It
away and waited ior ihe railroad TO
come.
nor q tmo Il looked as j. the
ranchman's dreams were 10 come
true. The construction company
built an th1 grades FOR the proposed
line and even went SO fares 70 lay
out nd grade the station grounds
on the Goodman ranch. The grades
we're constructed across two dcap
draws on TIE place making high
embanl<monis Tor the trocb and
leaving cGicnsiyc PITS where the ex-
cayauons were made for filing in
purposes All that remained %
make the new work complete We're
rails and rolling stock Even the
sieel qanps were az work ont OF Am-
ari DAYS the trains
could actually ru4 v the rancher's
town.
Then, after the "semper muta-
bileH way Of doing the unexpected
which has been peculiar 70 women,
the weather and railroads since
they seyerally began, something hap
pened. Just what actually happened
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