Mississippi Compress & Warehouse Co. v. Levy
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the eharicery court of, first district, Hinds county. IIoN. Robert B. Mayes, Judge. Levy and others, doing business under the firm name of M. Levy & Oo., appellees, were complainants in the court below in both cases. The Compress Company and the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company, appellants, were defendants in one of the suits, and the Compress Company, and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, appellants, were defendants in the other suit.
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Erom the eharicery court of, first district, Hinds county. IIoN. Robert B. Mayes, Judge. Levy and others, doing business under the firm name of M. Levy & Oo., appellees, were complainants in the court below in both cases. The Compress Company and the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company, appellants, were defendants in one of the suits, and the Compress Company, and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, appellants, were defendants in the other suit. The amended bills of complaint were substantially the same in both cases; that one to which the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company was…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitexeld, C. J.
The reporter will set out the bill of complaint in full, in order to a clear comprehension of our opinion. Without special reference in this opinion to the particular allegations of the bill, we summarize by saving that the gravamen of the bill is as follows: That the railroad company and the compress com-*789pan(y, for their mutual convenience, entered into a joint traffic arrangement whereby cotton shipped from different points along the line of railway to Jackson for compression, before being shipped through to its destination, should be delivered into the compress yards, the railroad company…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- George v. SolomonMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
- State ex rel. Coahoma County v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
- First National Bank v. PhillipsMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
- Gay v. A. Edwards & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1855
- Board of Supervisors v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1875
3Cited by4 opinions
- Gulf Compress Co. v. Jones Cotton Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Delta Ins. & Realty Agency v. Interstate Mortgage & Bond Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1916
- Enochs v. Mississippi Bank & Trust Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1905
- Enochs v. State ex rel. RobersonMississippi Supreme Court · 1922