State v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of West Feliciana; Charles Kilbourne, Judge. Action by the state against the Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
MONROE, J.
The state brings suit, under Act 105 of 1888, to recover a fine of $960, to which it alleges the defendant has subjected itself by reason of its refusal to transport, at a reduced rate, a company of state troops (which had been attending the inauguration of the Governor) from the state capital to its home, in St. Erancisville. The defendant filed an exception to jurisdiction, which was not insisted on, and answered, denying that the act relied on contemplates reduced rates under the circumstances, and alleging that, if it be otherwise, then that said act is in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Muntz v. Jefferson Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
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