MISSISSIPPI R.R. COMM. v. L. & N.R.R.

No. 903.

225 U.S. 272 (1912)

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry L. Stone, Mr. G.L. Smith, Mr. Marcellus Green and Mr. Garner Wynn Green, for appellee, in support of motion.

Mr. Hannis Taylor, Mr. Claude Clayton and Mr. W.D. Anderson for appellants, in opposition thereto.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is before us on a motion to dismiss or affirm. The confused state of the record requires, in order to make clear the considerations which control us in disposing of the motion, a fuller statement than otherwise would be necessary.

On August 5, 1908, a suit in equity was commenced in the Chancery Court of Hancock County, Mississippi, against the...

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