Town of Sumner v. Illinois Central R. R. Co.

The question for decision is whether the system proposed to be adopted by the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Railway Express Agency, Inc. would be a substantial compliance with the requirement of Sec. 187 of the Constitution of Mississippi under present-day conditions. Able counsel for the Town of Sumner in his brief says the only question in the case is “whether or not such type of operation meets the requirements of the constitutional provision.” A stipulation between the parties states the proposition to be whether “the closing of the Sumner agency is in violation of the…