Illinois Central Railroad v. Copiah County

Citations

• 81 Miss. 685

Syllabus

<p>1. Railroad's. Highway crossings. Bridges. Code 1893, § 3555.</p> <p>Code 1893, § 3555, providing that, when a railroad is constructed so as to cross a highway; and a bridge be necessary for passage along the highway across the railroad, it shall be the duty of the railroad company to erect and maintain the bridge, applies to a highway laid out after the railroad was constructed.</p> <p>3. Same. Police power. Constitutional law. Constitution 1890, sec. 14. Due process of law. Constitution 1890, sec. 16. Charter rights.</p> <p>The section is within the police power of the state, and when construed as above does not deprive the owners of a previously constructed railroad of property without due process of law, and is not objectionable as impairing the charter rights of the appellant railroad company’s lessor.</p>