Hinds & Adams Counties v. Natchez, Jackson & Columbus Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Robert B. Mayes, Chancellor. Hinds and Adams counties, Mississippi, were the complainants in the court below; the Natchez, Jackson & Columbus Railroad Company; the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Company; the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company; the Farmer’s Loan & Trust Company; and the Union Trust Company were defendants there.
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From the chancery court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Robert B. Mayes, Chancellor. Hinds and Adams counties, Mississippi, were the complainants in the court below; the Natchez, Jackson & Columbus Railroad Company; the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Company; the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company; the Farmer’s Loan & Trust Company; and the Union Trust Company were defendants there. From a decree in favor of the defendants the complainants appealed to the supreme court. The charter -under which this controversy arises is the act incorporating the Natchez & Jackson…
1Opinion of the Court
Alexander, Special Judge,
delivered tbe opinion of the court.*
This is a suit brought by the counties of Hinds and Adams, as stockholders of the Natchez, Jackson & Columbus Railroad Company, to cancel, as fraudulent in fact and unauthorized in law, the sale by that company of its railroad property and franchises to the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad Company, and for other incidental relief. The sale was made pursuant to an act of the legislature approved February 19, 1890 (Laws 1890, p. 675, eh. 502), entitled “An act to authorize the Natchez, Jackson & Columbus Railroad Company to…
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