Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Roberts
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Minot, the appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The plaintiff took passage on a regular passenger train of the defendant at its usual stopping place at the station in Yazoo City.
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From the circuit court of Yazoo county. Hon. David M. Miller, Judge. Minot, the appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The plaintiff took passage on a regular passenger train of the defendant at its usual stopping place at the station in Yazoo City. The time of departure had arrived, but the train was standing still when plaintiff boarded it. After he had gotten on the coach the railroad company began to switch the coaches of the train, and in doing…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
In the indefinite state of this record we are unable to say that the ruling of the court in permitting the question objected to to be propounded to the prospective jurors upon the voir dire examination was prejudicial error. It does not certainly .appear that the objectionable question was answered by but one of the jurors, or if answered by the others the record is silent as to what their response was, and for naught that appears to the contrary it may have been favorable to the appellant. We see no objection to the question finally propounded to 'the jurors after the first question had been…
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