Memphis &. Charleston R. R. v. Whitfield
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Alcorn county. Booue, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. • The appellants assign the following causes of error: 1st. The jury found contrary to law and the charges of the court. 2d. The verdict was contrary .to the evidence. 3d. The court erred in refusing the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 8th charges asked by the appellants in the court below. 4th.
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Error to the circuit court of Alcorn county. Booue, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. • The appellants assign the following causes of error: 1st. The jury found contrary to law and the charges of the court. 2d. The verdict was contrary .to the evidence. 3d. The court erred in refusing the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 8th charges asked by the appellants in the court below. 4th. The court erred in giving the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th charges asked by the appellee in the court below. 5th. The court erred in refusing and overruling the motion of appellants for a new trial in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Takbell, J.:
This action was instituted in the circuit court of Tishomingo county, by F. E. Whitfield, to recover damages of the Memphis cfe Charleston R. R. Co., as common carriers, for injuries received by the plaintiff as a passenger on the cars of the company.
*481The declaration is in the usual form in trespass, on the case for injuries to the person, through the wrongful acts of the company’s servants.
Defendants pleaded the general issue. A trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff, of $2,000, which verdict, on' motion,. was set aside. On the second trial the jury increased their finding to…
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