Mississippi Public Service Commission v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad

PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal by the Mississippi Public Service Commission from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. There the circuit court reversed on appeal to it the decision of the Mississippi Public Service Commission which directed the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company (Southern Railway System) to install and maintain approved safety gates at the Rogersla-cy railroad crossing in Jones County.

The suit arises under Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 7857 (1956), enacted in 1892, but under which no cases have been decided. It is…