New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. Hurst
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Pike county. Hon. John E. McNair, judge. This action was commenced on the 11th of February, 1858, and the declaration alleges as follows: “ For that, whereas, heretofore, to wit, on the 2d day of January, A.D. 1858, the said defendants being common carriers, and engaged in the carrying of persons for pay, from the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, to the town of Brookhaven, in the State of Mississippi; and the said plaintiff, on…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Pike county. Hon. John E. McNair, judge. This action was commenced on the 11th of February, 1858, and the declaration alleges as follows: “ For that, whereas, heretofore, to wit, on the 2d day of January, A.D. 1858, the said defendants being common carriers, and engaged in the carrying of persons for pay, from the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, to the town of Brookhaven, in the State of Mississippi; and the said plaintiff, on the said 2d day of January, A.H. 1858, being in the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, and being desirous of…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
Several causes are assigned for error, in this record, by the plaintiff here, which may all, however, be considered under the first; which is, that “ the damages are excessive, and' the court erred in refusing a new trial.”
The declaration contains a statement of the facts constituting a cause of action, according to our statute. These facts are, — that the plaintiffs in error, being common carriers, defendant in error paid the price demanded by plaintiffs to be carried from New Orleans to Quin’s Depot, in the county of Pike, State of Mississippi, on plaintiffs’ road. That plaintiffs caused…
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