Burst v. Southern Railway Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice BlEase.

This case presents a splendid illustration of the law’s delays — delays occasioned more, however, by the lawyers and the failure of jurors to agree than'by the Courts, although the latter seem to have contributed a little, too, to the long existence of the cause, without a final determination. It is hoped that the decision of this Court at this time will at last bring the cause to an end.

On December 24, 1921, the plaintiff Mrs. Essie Mae Durst was injured, as she alleged, while a passenger on a train of the defendant railway company.…