Hines v. Green
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Forrest county. Hon. R. S. Hall, Judge. Action by Mrs. Maud E. Green, as administratrix, against Walker D. Hines, agent. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court of Forrest county. Hon. R. S. Hall, Judge. Action by Mrs. Maud E. Green, as administratrix, against Walker D. Hines, agent. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The declaration in this cause states that the deceased, Jesse Green, was the engine foreman, charged by the master with the duty of controlling and directing the movement of the trains and the labor of the other employees, and to order, command and direct the workmen, that is, the engineer, fireman and switchmen on such trains. It further charged that the engineer, Zack McLendon, was a quarrelsome,…
1Opinion of the Court
Ethridge, J-,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Mrs. Maud E. Green, the appellee, brought suit against the appellant in the circuit court for the death of her husband, an employee of the appellant, his death being brought about by an engineer in the service of the appellant killing the appellee’s husband at a time when the engineer and the deceased were employed by the appellant and engaged in moving some passenger cars from one point in the yards in Hattiesburg to another point in the yards. The original declaration was filed in three counts, alleging that the engineer was an unsafe and…
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