Georgia Pacific Railway Co. v. West
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. R. B. Campbell, Special Judge, by consent. The material facts which throw light upon the instructions considered by the court are as follows : Appellee was a passenger upon the train of appellant, and was injured by a- fall while alighting from the train at Burdette Station.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. R. B. Campbell, Special Judge, by consent. The material facts which throw light upon the instructions considered by the court are as follows : Appellee was a passenger upon the train of appellant, and was injured by a- fall while alighting from the train at Burdette Station. According to her own testimony, the train did not come to a full stop at the station, but was moving very slowly when it reached the platform of the station upon which passengers alight. Upon approaching this, and while the train was barely in motion, the conductor…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
After carefully examining the evidence in this case and the instructions as applicable to it, we do not think that they are subject to the objections urged by counsel.
It may be admitted that some of the instructions for the plaintiff are not expressed with verbal accuracy in all respects, and that some of the language of the court in modifying several instructions asked by the defendant is not felicitous, but the substantial meaning of the instructions is plain, and the jury could not have been misled by them, and in such case their verdict should not be disturbed, if there is sufficient…
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