Hamel v. Southern Ry. Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. Monroe Mc-Clurg, Judge. Action by Mrs. JViyrtle Hamel against the Southern Eailroad Company. Prom a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. Monroe Mc-Clurg, Judge. Action by Mrs. JViyrtle Hamel against the Southern Eailroad Company. Prom a judgment of dismissal, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court will readily see that the sole question in this case is whether or not section 721, Code of 1906, as amended by chapter 167 of the Laws of 1908, and section 2091 of the Code of 1906, and which is section 1916 of the Code of 1892, give rise to two different and distinct causes of action. It is my contention that these sections create…
1Opinion of the Court · CookCook, J.
The pleadings make the case here for review, and, omitting the formal parts, they are as follows:
“The plaintiff shows to the court that the defendant, the Southern Bailway Company in Mississippi, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Mississippi, owns and operates a right of way, track, and locomotives from the city of Columbus to the city of Green-ville, Mississippi, running through aud across the county of Sunflower, in said state of Mississippi, which locomotives and cars, both passenger and freight, it operates for hire and reward; the persons offering to become…
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