Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Consumers' Ice & Power Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Coahoma county. Hon. Sam C. Cook, Judge. Suit by the Consumers ’ Ice & Power Company against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. •The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
This is an action brought by appellee to recover from appellant damages which it was alleged appellee sustained when appellant spiked down and closed for use a spur track that served appellee in its business of shipping ice. The case was tried before the circuit judge, jury being waived. He rendered judgment in favor of appellee in the sum of $700, and appellant appealed.
The proof is sufficient to sustain the finding of the trial judge as to liability.
The track was closed for six days in the latter part of September, 1907. In its declaration- appellees claimed damages' from: (1) Loss of gains…
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