State v. Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Scott county. Hon. A. Gr. Mayers, Judge. The opinion states the case. In view of the recent decisions of this court and the supreme court of the United States it is unnecessary to cite authority in support of the constitutionality of the legislation in question. Under the act of 1884, it was made the duty of the railroad commissioners to see that at least one suitable reception room for passengers is provided at each depot.
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From the circuit court of Scott county. Hon. A. Gr. Mayers, Judge. The opinion states the case. In view of the recent decisions of this court and the supreme court of the United States it is unnecessary to cite authority in support of the constitutionality of the legislation in question. Under the act of 1884, it was made the duty of the railroad commissioners to see that at least one suitable reception room for passengers is provided at each depot. In addition to this, under the act of 1888, the board is authorized to designate the location of any new depot building, where the site selected…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
This suit was brought for the recovery of the statutory penalty of fifty dollars a day, prescribed in the act of March 11, 1884, and the amendatory act of March 14, 1888, “for the regulation of freight and passenger rates on railroads, and for the creation of a commission to supervise the same, and for other purposes,” by reason of the neglect of the appellee to erect a new freight and passenger depot at Lake station, within ninety days from the 4th day of June, 1889, in pursuance of an order to that effect made by the railroad commission on the day named. To the declaration the defendant…
2Cited by1 opinion
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