Royston v. Illinois Central R. R.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Benton county. Hon. W. M. Eogers, Judge. Action by appellant against the appeilee for damages. On the evening of December 12, 1888, appellant, Aaron Eoyston, a colored man, purchased of the agent of the Illinois Central E. E. Co. at Holly Springs, Miss., a ticket, entitling him to transportation over the line of its road to Water Valley, Miss.
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From tbe circuit court of Benton county. Hon. W. M. Eogers, Judge. Action by appellant against the appeilee for damages. On the evening of December 12, 1888, appellant, Aaron Eoyston, a colored man, purchased of the agent of the Illinois Central E. E. Co. at Holly Springs, Miss., a ticket, entitling him to transportation over the line of its road to Water Valley, Miss. He and a companion, another negro, boarded the south bound passenger train and seated themselves in the first-class coach. Besides the express, mail and sleeping cars, the train carried only one first-class passenger coach and…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
If the testimony for the defendant is true, the verdict is manifestly right, and must stand, unless there was some error of law which may have produced it.
It is plain that the jury believed the testimony for the defendant, and this settles the question in favor of its credibility for the consideration of the case by this court, especially as we think, after a careful examination of all the evidence, the jury was fully justified in the view taken.
The errors of law insisted on in the court below, as shown by the motion for a new trial, are the action of the court in recalling the jury to hear…
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