New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad v. Harrison
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Neshoba county. Hon. C. L. Dobbs, Judge. Suit by B. P. Harrison and others against the New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. No brief of counsel on either side found in the record.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Neslioha county, awarding appellee damages for the alleged negligent killing of IT. M. Harrison. The train which killed deceased was southbound, and from the point where deceased was killed to a point about one mile north the track was straight and the view unobstructed. Just how the killing occurred was related by the engineer and fireman of the locomotive. The engineer testified that he was on the lookout all the time, and that he did not discover deceased’s peril until he was about seventy-five yards from him, and that when he did…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fuller v. Illinois Central RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- Harrison v. Southern Railway Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. HawkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by11 opinions
- New Orleans G.N.R. Co. v. WaldenMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
- Alabama Great Southern Ry. Co. v. DaniellMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
- Leonard Stapleton v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Young v. Columbus & G. Ry. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933
- Dickerson v. Illinois Central RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
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