Wynne v. Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Petition by Illinois Central Eailroad Company to tbe judges of tbe supreme court, at chambers, for tbe issuance of a writ of prohibition. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is a petition presented by counsel for the Illinois Central Railroad Company to the Judges of this court, at chambers, for the issuance.of a writ of prohibition..
It appears from the petition that there is pending in the circuit court of Copiah county a cause wherein the-Illinois Central Railroad Company is defendant, and L. B. Wynne, et ais., are plaintiffs; that on motion of plaintiffs an order has been entered by that court, under section 1003 of the Code, requiring the defendant to have certain of its books, papers, documents, etc., at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, on November 26, 1914, at…
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