Legal Opinion
Mobile O.R. Co. v. Johnson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 17, 1930No. 28417PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.
At or near the unincorporated village of Leedy, in Tishomingo county, about ten-thirty on the morning of December 25; 1928, appellee’s decedent, James L. Johnson, while going southward and driving a small touring car, with all the curtains up, attempted to cross the railroad tracks immediately in front of a rapidly moving’ east-bound freight train, and was instantly killed. Suit was instituted, and a verdict was returned and judgment entered against the railroad company for ten thousand dollars; hence this appeal.
Three grounds of negligence were alleged against the railroad company: That the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Columbus Greenville R. Co. v. LeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1928
- Mobile & O. R. Co. v. BennettMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
- Foley v. . N.Y. Central H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
- Jamison v. Illinois Central RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Maxwell v. Illinois Central Gulf RRMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Penrod Drilling Co. v. EtheridgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Nathan R. Underwood and Richard M. Murray, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Mississippi Cent. R. v. RobertsMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
- Mobile O.R. Co. v. BryantMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
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