Allen v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of "Warren county. Hon. H. C. Mounger, Judge. Suit by Ida Allen against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of "Warren county. Hon. H. C. Mounger, Judge. Suit by Ida Allen against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. In Sweeny v. Old Colony etc., B. B. Co., 87 American Decisions page 648, the court said: “The general rule or principle applicable to this class of cases is, that an owner or occupant is bound to keep his premises in a safe and suitable condition for those who come upon and pass over them using due care if he has held out any invitation,…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
This is an appeal by the appellant, plaintiff below, from a judgment entered by the circuit court against her. The suit was for personal injuries inflicted, as she claimed, by the negligence of the railroad company. After the close of the evidence, the court, at the request of defendant, directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant.
We here take from the brief of appellant what we believe to be a fairly accurate statement of the facts presented to the jury by plaintiff’s evidence, viz.:
“At the time the appellee, the'Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, and for a long time…
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