Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. E. D. Dinkins, Judge. Suit by S. M. Jones against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. E. D. Dinkins, Judge. Suit by S. M. Jones against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Laws of Mississippi 1908, chapter 88, providing for the building of spur tracks by railroad companies so as to connect their main Une with manufacturing or other industrial plants, and for the mVntenance of same when constructed, is unconstitutional. Mclnnis v. Railroad,' 68 So. 481. A contract is a meeting of the minds-of two or…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
S. M. Jones instituted suit in the circuit court of the second judicial district of Tallahatchie county against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, and recovered a judgment in said- court for the sum of seven thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-one cents from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The appellee, Jones, claims that he and the railroad company entered into a written agreement or contract some time after the 22d day of April, 1914, under which contract the railroad company obligated itself to build a switch or spur track for the use and…
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