Gulf & Ship Island Railroad v. Cole
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Laura Cole against the Gulf & Ship Island Bailroad 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 Simpson county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Laura Cole against the Gulf & Ship Island Bailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We were appalled when the trial court declined to apply to this case the principle so aptly stated and thoroughly discussed by Chief Justice Mayes in the opinion of the court oyerruling the suggestion of error in the case of Bailroad Go. v. Ear die, 100 Miss. 132, 55 So. 967. Unless this court can be persuaded to reverse the Eardie case the…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, C. J.
Mrs. Cole brought suit against the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company for damages, alleged to have been occasioned her by reason of the fact that she was allowed to get off of the train, or was negligently put off, by the servants of the company at the wrong station. In the declaration filed both actual and punitive damages are claimed, and on the trial an instruction was given for the appellee, authorizing the jury to award punitive damages. The jury returned a verdict for three thousand dollars, from which judgment the railroad company prosecutes an appeal.'
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. QuillenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1899
- Davis v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1909
- Moss v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Butterfield Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1909