Legal Opinion

Williams Yellow Pine Co. v. Henley

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 6, 1930No. 28254PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.

Alleging that appellant had negligently constructed, in a dangerous manner, a logging railroad across an important state highway, and that in consequence thereof appellee, while traveling as a passenger in an automobile, was seriously injured at said crossing, appellee sued appellant and recovered judgment. Appellant assigns as his main point of error that the verdict is contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

The allegations of appellee, in respect to the negligent and dangerous manner in which said railroad was constructed in and across said highway, were sustained in every…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pollard's Lessee v. HAGANSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
  2. Heirn v. M'CaughanMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
  3. Byrd v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Lamar v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1860
  5. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1929

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Warwick v. MatheneyMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. HawkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Mississippi Cent. R. v. RobertsMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
  4. Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. AinsworthMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. DavisMississippi Supreme Court · 1937

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