Gulf & S. I. R. v. Bradley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie circuit court of J ones county. Hon. P. . Johnson, Judge. Suit by Willie Emma Bradley, by nest friend, against ihe Gulf & Ship Island Eailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This suit cannot be maintained for the reason that it was not instituted within one year from the time of the ■alleged wrongful death.
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Appeal from tlie circuit court of J ones county. Hon. P. . Johnson, Judge. Suit by Willie Emma Bradley, by nest friend, against ihe Gulf & Ship Island Eailroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This suit cannot be maintained for the reason that it was not instituted within one year from the time of the ■alleged wrongful death. For the purpose of avoiding confusion, the first count of the declaration as above set •out will hereafter be referred to simply as the declaration, by reference to which, it will be seen…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment against .appellant for damages alleged to have been sustained by appellee because of the death of her father while in appellant’s employ, caused by the wrongful act of appellant’s servants.
The declaration was filed in February, 1913, and alleges that on the 15th day of August, A. D. 1902, W. M. Bradley, appellee’s father, while in appellant’s employ, was killed by reason of the negligence of other of appellant’s employees under such circumstances as rendered appellant liable in damages therefor, and continues:
“Plaintiff further says that she was born on the…
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