Illinois Cent. R. v. Nixon
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Panola county. Hon. N. A. Taylor, Judge. Suit by H. L. Nixon and others against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals'. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Panola county. Hon. N. A. Taylor, Judge. Suit by H. L. Nixon and others against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals'. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The statute requires the verdict to he reduced in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the person injured, and when, in instruction 11, the defendant undertook to tell the jury how this should be done the court would not give the instruction. This was plain and palpable error and should reverse this case. This left the…
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
This case was before this court once before on an appeal by appellees from a judgment predicated on a peremptory instruction in favor of the railroad company. The material facts are stated fully in the former opinion of this court as reported in 103 Miss. 405, 60 So. 566. There is no contention that the proven facts and circumstances reflected by the present record are materially different from those shown and discussed in the first appeal. Appellant assigns as error the granting of each of the instructions for plaintiff and the refusal of certain instructions asked by the defendant,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nixon v. Illinois Central RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1912