Illinois Central Railroad v. Latiker
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Holmes county. Hon. J. M. Casein, Judge. Suit by Lee Latiker, appellee, against the Illinois Central Bailroad Company, appellant. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of the court.
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Appeal from circuit court, Holmes county. Hon. J. M. Casein, Judge. Suit by Lee Latiker, appellee, against the Illinois Central Bailroad Company, appellant. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of the court. In 33 Cye. 823, the following rule is stated: “As a general rule, it is the duty of a person going on or near a railroad track, to use ordinary care and precaution-under the circumstances to protect himself from the danger which he knows, or has reason to know, are incident to the operation of a road or tbe running of its trains; if…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Appellee, Latiker, sued the Illinois Central Railroad ■Company, the appellant, for personal injuries, and recovered judgment for the sum of five hundred dollars, from which judgment the appellant prosecutes this appeal. The facts of the case about which there is no dispute are as follows: The alleged injury occurred at Pickens, a station on the line of appellant’s road. There the railroad runs north and south. The depot is on the west side. Next to it on the east side is a side track, and still east of "that is the main line, which are a sufficient distance apart *456for persons in the exercise…
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