Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Cox
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie circuit court of Rankin county. Hon. C. L. Dobbs, Judge. Suit by Gr. B. Cox against tbe Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the Court
Cook, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
One of appellant’s locomotives while pulling a string of freight cars jumped tbe track, leaving tbe cars on, *34and obstructing the crossing of a public highway. Ap-pellee was driving a buggy along the highway, and was prevented from crossing the railroad track by this obstruction. The time elapsing between the arrival of ap-pellee at the crossing and the time he succeeded in getting by the obstruction was something like two hours and a half. It is claimed by appellee that there was a loose engine at the scene when he arrived, and that it would have…
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