New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. Bailey
Mississippi Supreme Court
EeROR to Circuit Court of Madison county. Hon. E. S. Ilenry, judge. Plaintiff in court below instituted bis suit, on tbe 19tb of March, 1860, to recover $50,000 damages, for injuries done liim by tbe negligence of an employee of defendants, on tbe nigbt of the 22d November, 1859. The declaration alleges, that plaintiff had the use of a side track built by the Mississippi Central Railroad Co., near their junction with the road of defendants.
Read the full summary
EeROR to Circuit Court of Madison county. Hon. E. S. Ilenry, judge. Plaintiff in court below instituted bis suit, on tbe 19tb of March, 1860, to recover $50,000 damages, for injuries done liim by tbe negligence of an employee of defendants, on tbe nigbt of the 22d November, 1859. The declaration alleges, that plaintiff had the use of a side track built by the Mississippi Central Railroad Co., near their junction with the road of defendants. That he had the use of this side track by an agreement with the Mississippi Central Railroad Co., as a warehouseman, weigher and shipper of cotton, for…
1Opinion of the Court
Habéis, J\,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Defendant in error brought his action in the Circuit Court of Madison county to recover of the plaintiffs in error damages for the alleged misconduct and negligence of their agent, in causing a collision of the cars on the side track of the Central Railroad, at Canton, thereby throwing defendant from a freight car on which he was standing, attending to the loading of some cars, lawfully on said track, and causing great bodily injury and pecuniary loss to defendant in error.
To this complaint the plaintiff in error filed a general denial, and there…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Vicksburg & Jackson Railroad v. PattonMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
3Cited by13 opinions
- D. L. Fair Lumber Co. v. WeemsMississippi Supreme Court · 1944
- Missouri, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. CollinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad v. ScurrMississippi Supreme Court · 1882
- Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co. v. BoyceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
- Williams v. Planters' Insurance Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1880
8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.