Gulf & S. I. R. v. Prine
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Covington county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Suit hv Mrs. Laura Prine and others against the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The deceased at the time he met his death was a private in the United States Army. He was engaged in an active duty, growing out of warfare at a time when thé government was at war.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Covington county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Suit hv Mrs. Laura Prine and others against the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The deceased at the time he met his death was a private in the United States Army. He was engaged in an active duty, growing out of warfare at a time when thé government was at war. Appellant is a common carrier. The federal government had assumed control of the railroad to the extent of guarding the vulnerable points on the…
1Opinion of the CourtEti-ieidge, J.
This is an appeal by the Gulf & Ship Island Eailroad Company from a judgment against it for thirty thousand dollars in favor of the appellees for the death of Thomas Grafton Prine, a son of Laura Prine and brother of the other appellees. Thomas Grafton Prine. *100was a private soldier in the First Regiment Mississippi National Guard, being at the time in the service of the United States government and being assigned to duty as a guard over Brooklyn Bridge on the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad in this state. The death of Prine occurred about 2:30 a. m. on or about the 25th day of May, 1917.
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