Illinois Central Railroad v. Lucas
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Attala county. IIon. J. T. Dunn, Judge. Mrs. Lucas, the appellee, was the plaintiff iñ the court below; the railroad company, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff the railroa'd company appealed to the supreme court. ■ • The appellee’s suit was for damages for personal injuries sustained by her while upon the depot premises of the appellant railroad company in'Kosciusko.
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From the circuit court of Attala county. IIon. J. T. Dunn, Judge. Mrs. Lucas, the appellee, was the plaintiff iñ the court below; the railroad company, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff the railroa'd company appealed to the supreme court. ■ • The appellee’s suit was for damages for personal injuries sustained by her while upon the depot premises of the appellant railroad company in'Kosciusko. The proof showed that she had leased to the B. E. Wallace Show' Company a tract of land owned by her, -and adjacent to the railroad company’s depot premises, for…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
The only assignment of error which we deem it necessary to notice is that which brings into review the action of the circuit judge in refusing the peremptory instruction asked for appellant in the trial of the cause in the court below. There can be no dispute as to the proposition contended for by appellee that the railroad company cannot excuse itself from liability by any contract which it may enter into with a lessee, where damage is done by the negligence of the lessee in the management and conduct of the railroad and its affairs. But this rule of law has no application to this case. The…
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