Yazoo & M. V. R. Co. v. O'Keefe
Mississippi Supreme Court
ArPEAL from circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. S. F. Davis, Judge. Action by Sidney O’Keefe against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The conductor was without authority to bind defendant by his promise to put the boy off at Blaine.
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ArPEAL from circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. S. F. Davis, Judge. Action by Sidney O’Keefe against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The conductor was without authority to bind defendant by his promise to put the boy off at Blaine. Railroad v. Kendrick, 40 Miss. 385; Railroad v. Statham, 42 Miss. 607; Sevier v. Railroad, 61 Miss. 8; Cage v. Railroad. 75 Miss. 17; Weightman v. Railway, 70 Miss. 563. 2. The ticket agent, likewise, ivas without authority to do so. Same authorities, supra. Gilkerson v. Atlantic C. L. R. Co., L.…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for one thousand five hundred dollars in favor of the ap-pellee, growing out of the appellee being carried by the station of his destination. The appellee, the plaintiff, at the time he was carried by his station was a minor six years old. The father of the plaintiff went to the ticket agent at Rome, Miss., and stated to him that his child was inexperienced,and was not used to traveling alone, and asked the ticket agent if it would be safe to send the minor child to Blaine, Miss., in care of the conductor, and the ticket agent informed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Southern Railroad v. KendrickMississippi Supreme Court · 1866
- Croom v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. StathamMississippi Supreme Court · 1869
- Sevier v. Vicksburg & Meridian RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1883
- Gage v. Illinois Central RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1897
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- Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. EverettMississippi Supreme Court · 1939