Weightman v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. J. JD. Gilland, Judge. The declaration in this case alleges that on the eighteenth day of July, 1892, Noel Weightman, the sixteen-year-old son of appellant, while from home, was taken very seriously ill, and was put aboard defendant’s train at Arkansas City as a passenger, destined for Vicksburg, Mississippi, the home of himself and parents; that the ticket-ageut of defendant was apprised of his condition before the purchase of…
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From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. J. JD. Gilland, Judge. The declaration in this case alleges that on the eighteenth day of July, 1892, Noel Weightman, the sixteen-year-old son of appellant, while from home, was taken very seriously ill, and was put aboard defendant’s train at Arkansas City as a passenger, destined for Vicksburg, Mississippi, the home of himself and parents; that the ticket-ageut of defendant was apprised of his condition before the purchase of his ticket, and that the conductor of the train was so apprised, and was informed that he was away from home, with no one…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The case, on its facts presented by the declaration, is widely different from that of Sevier v. Railroad Co., 61 Miss., 8. In that case the plaintiff got on a train of the railroad company at Vicksburg, to be transported to Jackson. Before reaching Jackson, the plaintiff, who had gotten on the train while sick with a fever, notified the conductor of the train that he was sick and drowsy, and wished to sleep, but feared he might.not awake at Jackson, his point of debarkation. The conductor thereupon told plaintiff that he might safely go to sleep, and that he should be awakened at Jackson. The…
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