Illinois Central Railroad v. Copiah County
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. Robert Powell, Judge. Copiah county,' appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, appellant, the lessee of the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, defendant appealed to the supreme court.
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From tbe circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. Robert Powell, Judge. Copiah county,' appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, appellant, the lessee of the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, defendant appealed to the supreme court. The board of supervisors of Copiah county passed an order in the following words: “ Ordered by the board that the Illinois Central Railroad Company proceed at once to build a bridge over its track about one mile north of Crystal Springs for the benefit of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The agreed case is this: “For the purpose of the trial of the above-styled cause, and for no other purpose, it is agreed by the parties hereto that the road ordered to be constructed by the board of supervisors, hereto attached, is a new public road, laid out and opened by the board within the past year, and that the railroad has been constructed and operated for more than the last twenty years at the point where this new road crosses it, and where the bridge is ordered to be constructed by the board. It is further agreed that the bridge has not been constructed, and that the road is a public…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. City of BloomingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Illinois Central Railroad v. WillenborgIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
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