Holstead v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.

By the WHOLE COURT.

DAWKINS, J.

The Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit has, under the Constitution, certified to us a question of law and asked for instructions. The facts found are substantially as follows:

In the town of Ruston, defendant’s tracks run approximately east and west. At the intersection of one of the main north and south thoroughfares, its freight depot abuts the east line of the street, and extends eastward along one of its tracks, and on the south side thereof, in such a manner as to completely obstruct the view in that direction of those traveling on the street from the…