Alabama & V. Ry. Co. v. Kropp
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hok. G-. C. Tank, Chancellor. Action by Lee Kropp, against the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company. Verdict for plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hok. G-. C. Tank, Chancellor. Action by Lee Kropp, against the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company. Verdict for plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The court below erred in overruling the motion of defendant, as shown by the special bill of exceptions (page 201) to exclude the testimony of the plaintiff as to the promise of future employment made to him before the execution of the release because the effect of such testimony was to vary the terms of a written contract by parole testimony and its further effect was to add to a written…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The appellee, Lee Kropp, was injured on the night of the 29th of January, 1915, having his leg crushed, which necessitated the amputation thereof. At the time of the injury Kropp was a Avarehouse clerk in the service of the appellant, but Avas not .on duty at the time the injury Avas inflicted, which occurred at about eight o’clock in the evening. Kropp had gone home from his Avorlc, and, his wife being ill, had started to the Avarehouse to get a bottle ot medicine Avhich he had left there. Freight train No. 43 Avas coming from Meridian, and the appellee had crossed the main line…
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