Legal Opinion
Yazoo M.R. Co. v. Pittman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1934No. 31076PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcG-owen, J.
Olivia Pittman (colored), the Avife of Harry Pittman, received serious injuries from which she died, while riding toAvard the east in her Ford automobile on a highway at a public crossing. When the car collided Avith, or was struck by, the appellant’s freight train, it was running north near Kelso in Sharkey county. The automobile was a new, two-seated one, being driven by her stepson, from Mayersville to Vicksburg.
Harry Pittman, the appellee, brought an action for damages against the railroad company, the declaration being based squarely on a violation of section 6125, Code 1930, and the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Columbus Greenville R. Co. v. LeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1928
- Towle v. Pacific Improvement Co.California Supreme Court · 1893
- Mobile O.R. Co. v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- McDonald v. Inhabitants of SavoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Gulf & Ship Island R. R. v. SimmonsMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by16 opinions
- New Orleans & Northeastern R. v. LewisMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
- Buntyn v. RobinsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1958
- Mississippi Cent. R. v. RobertsMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
- GULF, MOBILE & ORR CO. v. GoldenMississippi Supreme Court · 1954
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. ThorntonMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
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