Yazoo & M. V. R. R. v. Robinson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Coahoma county. Hon. T. B. Watkins, Judge. Suit by Mary F. Robinson against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad for damage for personal injury. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Plaintiff alleged that by the violent jerking of the train she was thrown suddenly to the floor of the car and the lower joint of her spinal column injured.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Coahoma county. Hon. T. B. Watkins, Judge. Suit by Mary F. Robinson against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad for damage for personal injury. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Plaintiff alleged that by the violent jerking of the train she was thrown suddenly to the floor of the car and the lower joint of her spinal column injured. She asked for thirty thousand dollars damages and recovered ten thousand, five hundred dollars. The first point we shall call to the attention of the court is this: That the court below erred in overruling the…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
There is bnt one assignment of error in this appeal we deem it necessary to discuss. It is contended by appellant :
“That the court below erred in overruling the defendant’s motion to have the plaintiff submitted to a physical examination by .two or moré reputable and disinterested physicians, to be appointed by the court, such examination to be made at the expense of defendant.”
This question has not heretofore been considered by this court, and as it is an important question we will pre-termit any examination of appellee’s contention that the court below did not err in the instant case. We…
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