Mississippi Central Railroad v. Dacus
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Forrest county. Hon. William H. Cook, Judge. Dacus, appellee, was plaintiff in tbe court below; the railroad company, appellant, -was defendant there. From a judgment for $500 in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of Forrest county. Hon. William H. Cook, Judge. Dacus, appellee, was plaintiff in tbe court below; the railroad company, appellant, -was defendant there. From a judgment for $500 in favor of plaintiff, defendant appealed to the supreme court. The declaration alleged that while plaintiff was in the suburbs of Hattiesburg he made request of the conductor of one of appellant’s passing passenger trains for permission to ride to the depot in the city; that, understanding the conductor had given him permission, he mounted the platform of one of the cars, -whereupon the…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This ease was affirmed, without a written opinion, because in the judgment of the court the principles of law involved were settled by decisions of this court not difficult of application to the facts, and therefore such opinion would be without benefit to the bench and bar. After a most careful reconsideration of the case we find no ground for reversal, and out of deference to counsel’s ability and evident confidence in the correctness of his position we now undertake to set down the reasoning by which we reach this conclusion. Dunn, a flagman on the train on which the injury occurred and a…
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