Wilson v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Lauderdale county. HoN. Green B. Huddleston, Judge. Oscar Wilson, the appellant, was the plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company was defendant there. Wilson’s cause of action grew out of the following facts: In September, 1897, he was in Nashville, Tennessee, and sought passage by railroad from that city to Meridian, Mississippi.
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From tbe circuit court of Lauderdale county. HoN. Green B. Huddleston, Judge. Oscar Wilson, the appellant, was the plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company was defendant there. Wilson’s cause of action grew out of the following facts: In September, 1897, he was in Nashville, Tennessee, and sought passage by railroad from that city to Meridian, Mississippi. He was advised to get off the train at Chattanooga, Tennessee,- and informed that he could not be carried into Mississippi. He nevertheless came on to Birmingham, Alabama, where he was again informed of'the Mississippi quarantine.…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
Appellant’s right were fixed September 23, 1897, and are not affected by the provisions of the second and ninth sections of the act of 1898 (Laws 1898, p. 93).
The presence of all three of the members of the executive committee of the state board of health was necessary to a valid order on- September 15, 1897, when the. order in question was , made (Laws 1894, chap. 38, p. 33). This is made clear, .as the legislative purpose, by the amendment (Laws of 1898, p. 93, _ *718sec. 2), providing, for the first time, tbat “the presence of two members of the executive committee” would do thereafter. The…
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