Vicksburg, S. &. P. Ry. Co. v. Railroad Commission

This is a suit to annul and enjoin the execution of an order issued by defendant requiring plaintiff to stop, on signal, at Start Station, its local trains Nos. 5 (west-bound), and 6 (east-bound) as long as said trains carry the parcel post, which requires them to stop at times at said station. No other train stops at said- station, which is lVs miles east of Crew Lake and 3 miles west of Girard, at both of which stations tliese and other trains stop.

The only question involved is whether said order be reasonable:

There are 'very few families residing within (say) a quarter of a mile of Start…