Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Searles
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. George Anderson, Judge. Searles, the appellee, was plaintiff, and the railroad company, tlie appellant, was defendant in the court below. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $60,861.30 and costs, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion states the facts. [The briefs of counsel were withdrawn or lost from the record before it reached the reporter, hence no synopsis of them is given.]
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
Stated in chronological sequence, the facts giving rise to this litigation are as follows:
On October 1, 1900, under the firm style of Searles Bros., O. J. Searles and T. M. Searles commenced business in Vicksburg, Miss. At that time, and for several years before then, the delivery of cars and the assessing of demurrage for detention thereof by consignees of freight had been under the direction of the Louisiana Oar Service Association, of which N. S. Hos-kins was manager. Of this car service association both the railroads entering the city of Vicksburg were members. On December 8, 1900, O. J.…
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