Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Hunnicutt
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. John L. Buckley, Judge. Ilunnicutt, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $3,500, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts; In Hicks v. Mobile, etc.
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From the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. John L. Buckley, Judge. Ilunnicutt, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $3,500, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts; In Hicks v. Mobile, etc. R. R. Co., 91 Miss. 362, -— U. S., L. Ed.-, it is said by this court that this section must be interpreted precisely as if it had been written thus: “Proof of injury inflicted by the running of locomotives or cars of such company shall be prima facie…
1Opinion of the Court
McLain, C.
This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in the circuit court of Lauderdale county against the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company for the killing of Zaehariah Hunnicutt, Jr., son of the plaintiff, by a passenger train of defendant. The record shows that Zaehariah Hunnicutt, Jr., on the 24th day of July, 1908, was killed by a passenger train of defendant at Kewanee, Mississippi. , This was known as the fast train, and it left Meridian for Birmingham at 2:02 a. m., and passed Kewanee at 2:25 a. m. Kewanee was a small unincorporated village, and was not a regular stop, and this…
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