Legal Opinion
Citizens of Stringer v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 22, 1956No. 40226PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
The appellee, G-ulf, Mobile & Ohio Bailroad Company, presented its petition to the Mississippi Public Service Commission seeking the authority of the Commission to discontinue its agency at Stringer, Jasper County, Mississippi, and establish in lieu thereof a prepay station.
The petition alleged that the revenue received by the petitioner through its agency at Stringer is derived from the handling of carload freight and less-than-carload freight, and that such freight may be handled with substantially the same dispatch and efficiency without the services of an agent and that the public will…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana, Inc. v. Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1944
- Kurn v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Mississippi Railroad CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Loden v. Mississippi Public Service CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
- MISS. PUBLIC SERV. COM'N v. Miss. Power Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Hathorn v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1979
- First National Bank of Vicksburg v. MartinMississippi Supreme Court · 1970
- Mississippi Public Service Commission v. I. C. R. R.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1959
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