Illinois Central Railroad v. Harris
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Robert Powell, Judge. Harris, the appellee, was plaintiff and the railroad company, appellant, was defendant in the court below. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion states the facts of the case.
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From the circuit court of, first district, Hinds county. Hon. Robert Powell, Judge. Harris, the appellee, was plaintiff and the railroad company, appellant, was defendant in the court below. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion states the facts of the case. The instructions which were asked by defendant, and which were refused, are as follows: “9. If the jury believe from the evidence that Joe Harris agreed to get off at Tougaloo, or was warned that said train No. 26 would not stop at Ridgeland, and that he would have to get off at…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
Appellee on Sunday evening, the 3d day of March, 1901, bought of the agent of appellant at Ridgeland an excursion ticket to Jackson and return, good for that day only. Late at night on the same day he boarded train No. 26, which was the only train upon which he coul(d return; and after passing Tugaloo, and before reaching Ridgeland, he was, according to the evidence made on his side of the case, ejected from the train with insult and violence. He sued the company, recovered judgment for $75, and the company appeals.
The trial court instructed the jury that, if train No. 26 was *214the only train…
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