Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Bennett
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Lowndes county. IIon. Thos. B. Carroll, Judge. Action by Cecil M. Bennett against the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtI-Iolden, J.
The appellee, Bennett, sued and recovered judgment for four hundred dollars against the appellant railroad com*414pany as damages for personal injuries received on account of a collision between Ms automobile and the engine of appellant at a road crossing, from wMch judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The appellant presents several grounds for reversal, but we shall notice only one, ivhich will result in a reversal, and the other questions may not arise on the new trial, and that is that the verdict of the jury is contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence, and is therefore manifestly…
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