Louisville N. R. Co. v. Garnett
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. I). M. Grai-iam, Judge. Suit by N. J. Garnett, Sr., and others, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The fifth assignment of error is to the giving of the following charge: The court instructs the jury for the plaintiffs that, if you find for the plaintiffs, the measure of their damages is the present value of the life expectancy of the deceased.
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Appeal from circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. I). M. Grai-iam, Judge. Suit by N. J. Garnett, Sr., and others, against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The fifth assignment of error is to the giving of the following charge: The court instructs the jury for the plaintiffs that, if you find for the plaintiffs, the measure of their damages is the present value of the life expectancy of the deceased. The amount, if you find for the plaintiffs, should be fair and reasonable as the evidence may shoAV, if any, to compensate them for…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This suit was brought in the circuit court of Harrison county by appellees, mother and father and brothers of Jas. F. Garnett, deceased (who died leaving neither wife, children, nor descendants of children), against appellant, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for damages resulting from the alleged wrongful death of said decedent caused by appellant. Appellees recovered judgment in the sum of twenty thousand dollars from which judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.
Appellant at the time and in the manner provided by the federal statutes on the subject sought to remove the cause to…
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