State v. Mississippi Ouachita & Red River R. R.

[1st. On demurrer to the response.]

On the application of the Attorney General, and a showing of the disqualification of the Circuit Judge, a writ of quo warranto was issued from this court, commanding that the defendants be summoned to show by what warrant they exercise the franchise of a corporation, under the name of the Mississippi Ouachita and Red River Railroad Company.

The defendants filed a response, stating that on the 29th November, 1852, John Dockery, and others, filed in the office of the Secretary of State the charter of the company, under the general corporation act of 8th…