Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief. Justice White
delivered the opinion of the'Court..
This case is before us on a motion to dismiss or- affirm' The confused state of the-record, requires,-'in order to make clear the. considerations which control-us in dispos ing of the motion, a fuller statement than otherwise would, be necessary.
On August 5, 1908, a suit in equity was commenced in the Chancery Court of Hancock County, Mississippi, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to compel obedience to an order of the State Railroad Commission of Mississippi requiring the stoppage of certain interstate trains at a-…
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