Vinegar Bend Lumber Co. v. Oak Grove & Georgetown Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tlie circuit court of Greene county. ITon. William H. Hardy, Judge. The railroad company, the appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the lumber company, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor condemning land (as was claimed) to a public use, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court..
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From tlie circuit court of Greene county. ITon. William H. Hardy, Judge. The railroad company, the appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the lumber company, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor condemning land (as was claimed) to a public use, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.. Private property cannot be taken for public use at all except, in the manner prescribed by law. Give full force to these sis words, “in the manner prescribed by law.” If tbe legislature has not prescribed a…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
On the 4th day of August, 1904, M. L. Davis, B. O'. Davis and J. W. "Whiting made application to the governor of the state to procure a charter for a proposed railroad corporation, to be incorporated under the name of the Oak Grove & George*100town Railroad Company. This company, as shown by the petition seeking a charter in this state, had already been incorporated under the laws of the state of Alabama under the same name and by the same incorporators. A charter was duly granted, and recorded in the office of the secretary of state on the 12th day of November, 1904. The granting of the charter…
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