Mississippi Lime & Material Co. v. Alton & Eastern Railroad

In the court below a trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for $2,924.24 in favor of the appellee, Aetna Insurance Company, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the declaration, consisting of one count, alleged, in general terms, that the appellant so carelessly and negligently drove its locomotive against a motor truck owned by the appellee, the Mississippi Lime and Material Company, that by reason thereof the truck was demolished. The declaration further alleged that the servants of the Mississippi Lime and Material Company were in the exercise of ordinary care for the safety of…