State v. Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe chancery court of Pontotoc county. HoN. William: J. Lamb, Chancellor. The state of Mississippi and the Mississippi Railroad Commission, the appellants, were complainants in the court below; the railroad' company, the appellee, was defendant there. Prom a decree in defendant’s favor, dissolving an injunction, the complainants appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From tbe chancery court of Pontotoc county. HoN. William: J. Lamb, Chancellor. The state of Mississippi and the Mississippi Railroad Commission, the appellants, were complainants in the court below; the railroad' company, the appellee, was defendant there. Prom a decree in defendant’s favor, dissolving an injunction, the complainants appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Section 187, of the constitution, is as follows: “No railroad hereafter constructed in this state shall pass within three miles of any county seat without passing through the…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
This appeal is prosecuted from a decree dissolving an injunction. The bill of complaint filed by the appellants sought to enjoin the Gulf & Chicago Railway Company, the successor by consolidation of the Gulf & Chicago Railroad Company and the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad Company, as the lessee of the Gulf & Chicago Railway Company, the consolidated corporation, from constructing and operating its line of railway without passing through the town of Pontotoc, the county site of Pontotoc county, in this state, as required by sec. 181 of the constitution, and sought also to prevent the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- State v. Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1891
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- Town of Sumner v. Illinois Central R. R. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1959
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