Gulf & Ship Island Railroad v. Barnes
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Forrest county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. - The Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company, one of the appellants, was complainant in the court below, Virginia M. Barnes and others, appellees, and the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad Company, an appellant, were defendants there. The latter railroad company made its answer a cross-bill against the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company and the appellees.
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From the chancery court of Forrest county. Hon. Thaddeus A. Wood, Chancellor. - The Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company, one of the appellants, was complainant in the court below, Virginia M. Barnes and others, appellees, and the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad Company, an appellant, were defendants there. The latter railroad company made its answer a cross-bill against the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company and the appellees. From a decree adverse to the two railroad companies they both appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The facts admitted by…
1Opinion of the CourtWiiiteield, C. J.
The case made by this record is as follows: The original bill was filed by the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company on the 15th day of June, 1908; the fiat for -injunction having been issued by circuit Judge W. II. Hardy on the 18th day of June, 1908, and the bill innvoking the exercise of the' equitable jurisdiction of the cliancei’y court in prevention of a multiplicity of suits. To this original bill Virginia M. Barnes and John Goldsby were made respondents. Virginia M. Barnes had sued the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company separately at law, and had also brought a suit against the Gulf &…
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