Louisana & Mississippi R. Transfer Co. v. Long

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Warren county against the Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Transfer Company and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. The suit was for the alleged rental value of an alleged use and occupancy of property claimed by the plaintiff, Mrs. Long, abutting on the Yazoo canal or Yazoo river.

The Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Transfer Company for many years prior to the suit had operated railroad transfer boats (two in number) to transfer trains across the Mississippi river from the city of Vicksburg, in the state of Mississippi, to the…