Legal Opinion
Town of Sumner v. Illinois Central R. R. Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 13, 1959No. 41080PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company, which operates a line of railroad through the Town of Sumner, Mississippi, one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County, and which maintains a depot at that point with an agent to serve the public from 7:25 A. M. to 4:25 P. M. each day, Monday through Friday, was joined by Railway Express Agency, Inc. in a petition to the Public Service Commission to discontinue their agencies from January 1st through August 31st, of each year, thus making them prepay stations for that period, but, for the balance of the year, that is, from September 1st through…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Citizens of Stringer v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1956
- State v. Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
- Mississippi Public Service Commission v. I. C. R. R.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1959
- Land v. Wilmington & Weldon RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
3Cited by5 opinions
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