Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Huff
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. J. B. Eckles, Judge. , Suit by Eddie Huff and others against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Eailroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Appellees recovered a judgment in the sum of five thousand dollars against appellant for the alleged negligent killing of a little negro hoy about four years old, the child of appellees. It appears that the little boy *488went to sleep upon the track of appellant about five miles ’ west of the town of Charleston. At the point where the child was lying there was a considerable curve, and there is testimony showing that the distance the engineer, being on the lookout, might have seen the sleeping child was approximately five hundred feet. The train that caused the injury complained of consisted of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co. v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1892
- Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
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