Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. State ex rel. Carr

Ames, C.

This is a proceeding in error to review a judgment of the district court granting a peremptory writ of man*78damus at the suit of two private citizens, compelling the plaintiff in error, a railway company, to continue the services of a station agent at a place on its line in Holt county in this state, called Stafford.

There is no disputé about the facts. The place in question is an unincorporated country neighborhood, having no distinctive name except that given to its station house by the. respondent. There are in the immediate vicinity eight buildings, including two owned by the…