New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. John L. Bucbxey, Judge. Williams, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, appellant, was defendant there.
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From the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. John L. Bucbxey, Judge. Williams, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; the railroad company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. • . . The plaintiff, a yard employe of defendant, was engaged with another in carrying a heavy object on their shoulders across defendant’s yard at Meridian, and they undertook to pass between two cars standing on a side track quite close to each other; while endeavoring to pass between them one of the cars was moved towards the…
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, T.
delivered the opinion of the court.
The following instruction was given the jury in the court below at the request of appellee: “The court charges the jury, for the plaintiff, that it was the duty of the defendant to furnish the plaintiff, Dorsey Williams, a reasonably safe place to work, and to warn him of the dangers, if dangers there were, which are not obvious to an ordinarily prudent person; and if you believe from the evidence that the defendant failed to furnish plaintiff a safe place to work, or failed to warn the plaintiff of any such dangers connected therewith, then your…
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