Yazoo & M. V. R. R. v. Dees
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of "Warren county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Suit by John C. Dees against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Bailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.- The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The decisions of the supreme court of the United States applicable to the facts of this case, control.
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Appeal from the circuit court of "Warren county. Hon. E. L. Brien, Judge. Suit by John C. Dees against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Bailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.- The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The decisions of the supreme court of the United States applicable to the facts of this case, control. “Whenever Congress enacts statutes pursuant to its power under the commerce clause, such laws, when enforced in both state and federal courts must be construed in the light of federal decisions and applicable common-law principles as…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an- appeal from a judgment for damages alleged to have been sustained by the appellee while in the employ of the appellant by reason of its negligence.
In September, 1914, and for some years prior thereto, the appellee Avas in the appellant’s employ as an engine foreman in the appellant’s yard at Vicksburg, charged with the duty of “making up all trains . . . that had to be switched in the Vicksburg yards.” There are fifty-two switch tracks in this yard, each controlled by a lever extending from the track to a switch stand about six feet therefrom. On the top of each *462of these stands is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Mabry v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
- Waldrop v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
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- Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Burch v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1931
- Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. HumphriesMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
- Ill. Cent. R. Co. v. HumphriesMississippi Supreme Court · 1935