Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. Mansfield

In the lower court Mrs. Mansfield recovered a judgment for one thousand dollars against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company for personal injuries received by her in consequence of a fall from the platform of its caboose parked at the time in its yards at Vicksburg. There is direct appeal here by the railroad company on the question of liability, and cross-appeal by Mrs. Mansfield on the inadequacy of the damages allowed in the court below.

On May 20, 1930, Mrs. Mansfield was in the city of Vicksburg visiting friends, Mr. and Mrs. Donahoe, and in attendance upon the bridge…