McLaughlin v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Appellants are the city attorney, municipal judge, chief of police and mayor of the city of Hot Springs. Appellee is the successor to the St'. Louis, I. M. & S. B. Co., which was the successor to the Little Bock, Hot 'Springs & Western Bailway Co., and it in turn was the successor to the Little Bock, Hot Springs & Texas Bailway Co., and is now the owner and is operating a line of railroad between the cities of Little Bock and Hot Springs. On April 2, 1894, the city council of Hot Springs passed an ordinance, the title of which and the parts thereof pertinent to this controversy being as…