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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
A rare flash of reason from a very unreasonable state - especiallly considering recent events.
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The plot of half of all western movies is greedy private land barons (often railroads) stealing and forcing the sale of private land in advance of huge land value increases due to upcoming rail stations. It feels wrong that the state of Texas and Texas courts have validated that as legal and proper. They are authorizing private land being forced to sell at what they ultimately know will be a discount so that it can later be sold at huge profits and finance the construction of the railroad.