Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Yazoo & Miss. Valley Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. Gr. Gr. Lyell, Chancellor. Snit by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company against the Mississippi Raliroad Commission. Prom a decree for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. Gr. Gr. Lyell, Chancellor. Snit by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company against the Mississippi Raliroad Commission. Prom a decree for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley Railroad Company sued out an injunction to restrain the enforcement of an order of the Railroad Commission requiring it and the Southern Railway Company to connect their tracks at Hollandale, a station situated on the line of both railways, where' the two ran parallel. The chancellor g’ranted a perpetual injunction, and the Railroad…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, C. J.
The motion of the attorney-general to advance the hearing of these cases on the docket of this court must be denied. The cases are not preference causes within the rule laid down in Jackson Loan & Trust Co. v. State, 96 Miss. 347, 54 South. 157, construing section 4907 of the Code of 1906. If oral argument is not desired by counsel on either side, the cases may be submitted at any time. The decision at this term will likely follow.
Smith, J.
At Hollandale, Miss., and for some distance north and south thereof, the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley and Southern Railroads run near to and'parallel with…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific Railroad v. JacobsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Jackson Loan & Trust Co. v. State ex rel. HudsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
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- Pacific Telephone Etc. Co. v. EshlemanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913