Southern Pacific Railroad v. Lyon
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Samuel Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. Bill by A. J. Lyon & Company against the Southern Pacific Eailroad Company. Demurrer to bill overruled and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Samuel Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. Bill by A. J. Lyon & Company against the Southern Pacific Eailroad Company. Demurrer to bill overruled and defendant appeals. The first ground or proposition which we wish to discuss is that challenging the jurisdiction of the court oh the ground that the situs of' the debt attached in the hands of the New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company, or rather sought to be attached, is in Louisiana, or some other state and without the jurisdiction of this, court. The correct solution of this • question of…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, C.
This is an attachment suit in the chancery court, brought under the authority of section 536 of the Mississippi Code of 1906. A. J. Lyon & Co., complainant in the court below and appellee here, sued out an attachment in the chancery court of Lauderdale county, Mississippi, against the Southern Pacific Company and New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company. The Southern Pacific Company is a nonresident of the state of Mississippi, and has no lines or agents in the state of Mississippi. The New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company is a Louisiana corporation, with its general…
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