Town of Cuba v. Mississippi Cotton Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Sumter Chancery Court. Heard before the Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bills by the Mississippi Cotton Oil Company, by the Eagle Cotton Oil Company, and by the Meridian Fertilizer Factory against the town of Cuba. From a decree for complainants in each case, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Sumter Chancery Court. Heard before the Hon. Thomas H. Smith. Bills by the Mississippi Cotton Oil Company, by the Eagle Cotton Oil Company, and by the Meridian Fertilizer Factory against the town of Cuba. From a decree for complainants in each case, defendant appeals. The town of Cuba had the right, to make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants and to prevent and remove nuisances at the expense of those causing them. — Acts 1900-01, p. 2519; Section. 2393, Code 1896. The seed house was a nuisance. — 2 Current Law, p. 967; 4 Current Law, p. 738. It was a…
1Opinion of the CourtDenson, J.
These causes originated in the chancery court of Sumter county. They all involve the same legal questions, and were in that court submitted together and determined on the same evidence. From a decree in favor of the complainant, in each case, the rspondent appealed. The three appeals are here presented in a single record, and we shall determine all of them in one opinion.
Each of the complainants is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Mississippi, with its principal place of business in the city of Meridian, in that state, and is engaged in manufacturing oil and other…
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