Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Messina
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Holmes county, Hon. Monroe McClurg, Judge. Suit by V. P. Messina against the .Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Mr. Messina instituted suit against the railroad company for personal injuries, and recovered a judgment for ten thousand dollars. The defendant railroad company appeals.
The evidence for plaintiff discloses that plaintiff had been employed by the railroad company as a switchman; that the day before the injury he had de*146cided to lay off and go to Memphis, and in pursuance of this purpose he left Jackson on a freight train to go to Canton; he traveled deadhead, with the permission of the train crew, to Canton. About midnight of the next day he and several companions secured the permission of the…
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