Illinois Cent. R. v. Handy
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. ■ Suit by Ella Handy and others against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. This is an appeal from a judgment for two thousand live hundred dollars.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. ■ Suit by Ella Handy and others against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. This is an appeal from a judgment for two thousand live hundred dollars. The instruction referred to in the opinion of the court is as follows: “You are instructed to find a verdict for the plaintiffs in this case, therefore, it is your duty under your oaths to award them actual damages, that is, such a sum of money as will compensate the plaintiffs for the actual damage sustained in the loss…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Alfred Handy was struck and killed by one of appellant’s trains, and this is an appeal from a judgment awarding appellees, his next of kin, damages therefor. Appellees were plaintiffs and appellant was - defendant in the court below, and they will be hereinafter so designated.
Only two assignments of error are argued in the brief of counsel for defendant. The first of these is that the court below erred in granting appellees’ instruction No. 1, which instruction the reporter will set out in full. The objections to this instruction to which we deem it necessary to respond are: First. That on…
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