New Orleans N.E.R. Co. v. Jackson

This action was brought by appellee, Grant Jackson, in the circuit court of Lauderdale county against appellant, New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company, fo.r damages for personal injuries sustained by him through the alleged negligence of appellant while employed by appellant as a switchman in its yards at Meridian. Appellee was awarded judgment for ten thousand dollars, from which judgment appellant prosecutes, this appeal. The trial court directed a verdict for appellee on the question of liability, and submitted alone to the jury the question of damages.

The appellant contends that the…