Wilson v. New Orleans & North Eastern R. R.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. ' The' appellant, Wilson, was a passenger on a train of the ap-pellee, going from New Orleans to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he resided. He was accompanied by his little son seven years of age. He had been suffering from a wound on the head and was feeble, but he. had been to New Orleans on business.
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From the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. ' The' appellant, Wilson, was a passenger on a train of the ap-pellee, going from New Orleans to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he resided. He was accompanied by his little son seven years of age. He had been suffering from a wound on the head and was feeble, but he. had been to New Orleans on business. He was on a fast train known as the “ cannon ball,” which only made two stops between New Orleans and Meridian, Miss. When at Purvis, about seventeen miles south of Hattiesburg, he was informed by the conductor that the…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The railroad company did the plaintiff no wrong. Its train stopped in Hattiesburg long enough, and he failed to get off. It was started on its journey, and he was aroused from his sleep and was desirous to get off. The train was stopped for his accommodation. It was a kindness to him. He had no right to have the train stop for him, but was liable to be carried to the next stopping place for that train. He was probably misled as to the' precise place where the train then was by what was said by the conductor in response to his inquiry, but this gave him no right of action against the company.…
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