Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Tirelli
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. J. N. Bush, Judge. Tirelli and another, partners doing business under the co-partnership name, “Tirelli Brothers,” appellees, were plaintiffs in the court below; the railway company, appellant, was defénant there. Prom a judgment in plaintiffs’ favér, defendant ap~ pealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Read the full summary
Prom the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. J. N. Bush, Judge. Tirelli and another, partners doing business under the co-partnership name, “Tirelli Brothers,” appellees, were plaintiffs in the court below; the railway company, appellant, was defénant there. Prom a judgment in plaintiffs’ favér, defendant ap~ pealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The conclusion reached on the trial of this cause by the court below was one of intolerable hardship upoin the appellant and as we submit was unjust and illegal. The alleged delinquency of the appellant is…
1Opinion of the CourtFletcher, J.
In 1905, the city of Vicksburg was in.the throes of a yellow fever panic, and the city council had by ordinance established a quarantine against all bananas from New Orleans. The ordinance further created a sanitary commission, composed of the-regular sanitary committee of the board, the mayor, and city physician, and this commission was given power to enforce the quarantine regulations of the city. Appellee purchased a car load of bananas in Mobile, against which city no quarantine; had been established, and the fruit reached Vicksburg over the-line of appellant’s railway. Upon the arrival…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wilson v. Alabama Great Southern RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
3Cited by3 opinions
- Sinclair Refining Co. v. SchaffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
- Southern Express Co. v. Sottile Bros.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Hammers v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1920