Ennis v. Yazoo & M. V. R.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of. Amite county. Hon. R. E. Jackson, Judge. Suit by Mrs. E. A. Ennis administratrix of the estate of John W. Ennis, deceased against the Yazoo & Mississippi Yalley Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff on a second trial and a denial of her motion for a new trial, and from the judgment setting aside the verdict on the first trial, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The appellant, Mrs. E. A. Ennis, administratrix of the estate of her deceased son, John W. Ennis, filed suit and recovered judgment against the appellee railway company for the sum of thirteen thousand dollars as damages for the death of her son, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellee in-furnishing a defective and dangerous electric wire appliance to the deceased for use in his employment, which shocked him to death. The verdict and judgment for thirteen thousand dollars on motion for a new trial, wa's set aside, and a new trial granted the defendant railroad, in the…
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