Hall v. Meridian Light & Ry. Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. J. L. Buckly, Judge. Suit by Gr. J. Hall and wife against the Meridian Light & Railway Company. On the death of one of the plaintiffs, his executor, W. M. Hall, was substituted. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the declaration, plaintiff appeals. This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court sustaining a demurrer to the declaration filed by the appellant, which is as follows: Declaration. Plaintiff Gr.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. J. L. Buckly, Judge. Suit by Gr. J. Hall and wife against the Meridian Light & Railway Company. On the death of one of the plaintiffs, his executor, W. M. Hall, was substituted. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the declaration, plaintiff appeals. This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court sustaining a demurrer to the declaration filed by the appellant, which is as follows: Declaration. Plaintiff Gr. Q. Hall, joined by his wife, Mrs. Kate Hall, complains of the Meridian Light & Railway Company, a corporation under the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
While this declaration contains a great deal of irrelevant matter, it does distinctly allege that the .laying of the second track has resulted in damage to appellants’ property, for which, under Williams v. Meridian Light & Railway Co., 110 Miss. 174, 69 So. 596, they are entitled to recover. The demurrer, therefore, should have been overruled.
Reversed and remanded.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Williams v. Meridian Light & Ry. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1915