Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Anderson
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Mrs. Anderson, the appellee, was plaintiff, and the telephone company, the appellant, defendant in the court below. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed to the supreme court. This was a suit under Laws 1898, ch. 65, by plaintiff, mother of Edward Anderson, an infant, to recover damages because of his death.
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From the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Mrs. Anderson, the appellee, was plaintiff, and the telephone company, the appellant, defendant in the court below. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed to the supreme court. This was a suit under Laws 1898, ch. 65, by plaintiff, mother of Edward Anderson, an infant, to recover damages because of his death. The case was formerly before the supreme court on appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment predicated of a peremptory instruction in defendant’s favor. The former judgment was reversed, and the cause…
1Opinion of the Court
Whiteield, C. J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe eigbtb instruction given for tbe plaintiff was as follows: “If under tbe foregoing instructions tbe jury should find for the plaintiff, they will, in computing tbe amount of tbe damages, assess as compensatory damages su,ch damages as tbe boy, Edward, sustained up to tbe time of bis death, taking into consideration injuries which be received, and tbe. mental and physical suffering which be endured. You will fix tbe amount of such compensatory damages at such sum as .in your judgment is fair and just, and as would be reasonable…
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