State ex rel. Collins v. Leland Southwestern R.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Washington county. Hon. S. F. Davis, Judge. Suit by the state,-on the relation of Ross A. Collins, for mandamus against the Leland Southwestern Railroad Company and another. Judgment denying writ, and relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Washington county, Miss., in a suit by the state, through its attorney-general, seeking to mandamus the Leland Southwestern Railroad Company or the Yázoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company to keep the track of the Leland Southwestern Railroad in a reasonably safe condition and to provide reasonable and safe equipment for the purpose of transporting freight and passengers over said line and to restore and place in proper repair such portions of said track as had been torn up. There was a judgment in the circuit court denying the…
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