Meridian Light & Railway Co. v. Catar
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Sam Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. Suit by Jessie Catar against the Meridian Light & Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. For former opinion see 60 South. 15.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This case is here on suggestion of error. The case was affirmed at a former day of this term, without an opinion, upon the theory that the .facts disclosed in the record justified the finding of the chancellor.
The Meridian Street Railway & Power Company, a corporation, in December, 1900, owned and was in possession and control of a run-down and unprofitable street railway doing business in the city of Meridian, and the officers, directors, stockholders, and bondholders, who seem to have been the same persons, made a verbal contract with Stoutz, Ambrecht & McAlpine looking to the sale of all…
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