Illinois Central Railroad v. Reid
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. Motsb H. Wilkinson, Judge. Reid, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, appellant, was defendant there. Prom a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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Prom the circuit court of Pike county. Hon. Motsb H. Wilkinson, Judge. Reid, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, appellant, was defendant there. Prom a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. We have a number of cases in our own reports where thicourt has held that the jury was not warranted in inflicting punitive damages, in which the facts showing malice and oppression in much stronger terms than they are suggested in the case at bar, and we are unable to account for the action…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
Tbe only question in tbis case is as to the right of tbe appellee to recover punitive damages. . Tbe judgment in tbe court below was for $438.91, manifestly a judgment for punitive damages. Tbe case.in brief is tbis: E. W. Reid, desiring to go with bis wife and children from Magnolia, Miss., to tbe World’s Eair at St. Louis, Mo., in September, 1904, went to tbe ticket agent at Magnolia to purchase a ticket to St. Louis and return — a special excursion ticket calling for continuous passage. Tbe return portion of tbis ticket was to be signed by him before tbe agent of tbe railroad company in…
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- Murdock v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. RileyMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
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