Scruggs v. Memphis & Charleston Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP MISSISSIPPI. On January 8th, 1872, a decree was rendered by the Chancery Court of Alcorn County, in the State of Mississippi, in favor of Narcissa Scruggs, one of the appellants, against the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company, for the sum of $31,666.66, and interest thereon from January 21st, 1871. This decree was, on December 14th, 1874, affirmed, on appeal, by the Supreme Court of…
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP MISSISSIPPI. On January 8th, 1872, a decree was rendered by the Chancery Court of Alcorn County, in the State of Mississippi, in favor of Narcissa Scruggs, one of the appellants, against the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company, for the sum of $31,666.66, and interest thereon from January 21st, 1871. This decree was, on December 14th, 1874, affirmed, on appeal, by the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and a decree rendered against the railroad company and the sureties on its appeal bond for the amount of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice "Woods
delivered the opinion of the court.
Mrs. Scruggs now complains of the decree,.so far as it concerns the railroad company, on the sole ground that it directed the value of the rents and occupancy of the hotel and improve- inputs to be credited upon the decree in her favor against the railroad company.
She also insists that the decree against her in favor of Yiser was erroneous,,for reasons which will be found stated hereafter.
Her contention is, that having obtained a decree for the value of the hotel and improvements- built by John W. Scruggs upon .the lands of the-railroad…
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