Pullman Co. v. Alexander
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tire circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Beiek, Judge. Suit by G-. W. Alexander against the Pullman Company. 'Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of tire court.
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Appeal from tire circuit court of Warren county. Hon. E. L. Beiek, Judge. Suit by G-. W. Alexander against the Pullman Company. 'Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of tire court. We submit tbat nowhere throughout the entire record 'in this case, is there one word of evidence that this ■defendant (appellant) the Pullman Company, ever authorized the conduct of its porter, or that the matter was ever brought to the attention of the company, and it then did any act ratifying the alleged wrongful conduct. It was, as set forth in our brief in…
1Opinion of the CourtHoldeN, J.
Appellee, G-. W. Alexander, Mississippi colored Baptist preacher, recovered a judgment for one thousand dollars against the Pullman Company as actual and punitive damages for failure to furnish him a berth, and for insult and abuse while he was a passenger in a tourist sleeping car between St. Louis, Mo., and Kansas City, Mo. Alexander purchased a Pullman ticket entitling him to a berth in the tourist sleeper from St. Louis to Kansas City. He entered the sleeper and demanded his bed of the porter in charge of the car. The porter refused to give him a berth, and insulted and cursed him for “a…
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- Perkins v. Mo., K. & T. R. R.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Graham v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- McKeon v. Citizens' Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1867
- Canfield v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1894
- Randolph ex rel. Adkins v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1885
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- Wells v. Robinson Bros. Motor Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1929