Alabama & V. Ry. Co. v. Journey
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Suit by Smith K. Journey against the Alabama & Vicksburg Bailway Company. Demurrer to plea in abatement sustained, and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The appellee instituted a suit against the appellant in the Second district of Hinds county for personal injuries inflicted upon him by the appellant, railway company, through its negligent operation of its train. The railway company filed a plea in abatement to the effect that the suit should have been begun in the First district of Hinds county, the place where the alleged cause of action accrued, or in the circuit court of Attalla county, of which county the plaintiff was a resident citizen at the timle the alleged cause of action accrued. The plaintiff demurred to the plea in abatement,…
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