Moore v. Yazoo M.V.R. Co.

This is an action by the appellant against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company and the Illinois Central Railroad Company for an alleged breach of a contract of employment. On motion of appellees, the appellant’s evidence was excluded, and the jury was directed to return a verdict for them, which was accordingly done.

The facts disclosed by the record, out of which the appellant’s claimed cause of action arises, are, in substance, as follows: Prior to June, 1926, the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company owned and operated a railroad, one of the termini of which was the city of…