Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. Alexander

On the verdict of a jury, Sarah Alexander, appellee, recovered a substantial judgment- for damages against the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, appellant. Recovery was had upon the following facts:

On Friday, March 26, 1937, appellee desired to return to her home at Spanish Fort, Miss.; she had been in Jackson as a refugee from high water under the care of the Red Cross. Oh that morning, having an order for a ticket which she presented to the ticket agent at Jackson, she was told by him that her route would be via Vicksburg. She rode to Vicksburg, thence north towards Kelso, at…