New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. Hemphill
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to tbe Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. John Watts, judge. Cited 1 Shelford on Railways, 458; 18 Conn. R. 110; 16 Ohio R. 479; 13 Barb. R. 169 ; Walker v. Boston and Maine R. R. Oo., 3 Cushing’s R. 1; 19 Wend. 651; 1 N. J. R. 442; 2 Am. R.R. Cases 286; 2 Wharton R. 277. Cited Hutch. Dig. 879, § 133; 2 Bl. Com. 104.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, 0. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case in its inception, was a proceeding under the provisions of the charter of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company, to value and assess the damages to the owner of certain land required for the road-way of the company through the county of Hinds.
It appears that a jury of inquest of damages, summoned under the provisions of the charter of said company, assembled upon the land of L. B. Hemphill, who, having been duly empanelled and sworn, proceeded to examine, value, and assess the damages to the said Hemphill,…
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