Legal Opinion
Connally v. Louisville & N. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1925No. 4475PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by the plaintiffs in error to recover damages for the death of Margaret Connally, which was attributed to the negligence of the defendant in error in operating a train at a rate of speed in excess of that permitted by law at the place within the corporate limit of the city of Gulfport, Miss., where the deceased was struck and killed. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and gave notice that it expected to show that the death of the deceased was not due to its negligence, hut to the voluntary act of the deceased in knowingly and purposely walking in front…
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