Ruff v. Kurn

The peremptory instruction granted to the appellee in this case by the court below was proper under the authority of Southern Railroad Company v. Kendrick, 40 Miss. 374, 90 Am. Dec. 332; New Orleans, etc., Railroad Co. v. Statham, 42 Miss. 607, 97 Am. Dec. 478; Sevier v. Vicksburg, etc., Railroad Co., 61 Miss. 8, 48 Am. Rep. 74; Gage v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., 75 Miss. 17, 21 So. 657; Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. v. Skaggs, 181 Miss. 150, 179 So. 274.

As to the plaintiff’s stepping into the suitcase, there was no liability for the reason that it was not shown how long the…