Pearl River Valley R. Co. v. Moody

Appellee instituted this suit against the Pearl River Valley Railroad Company, appellant, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while he was employed in repairing a bridge on the line of railroad owned by said company. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee for $2,250, from which this appeal was prosecuted.

The original declaration alleged, in substance, that while appellee was employed by appellant, and was engaged in and about the repair on a railroad bridge, he and three colaborers were required to remove, from its position…