Legal Opinion

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. Grubbs

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1972No. 46624PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JONES, Justice:

Appellee obtained a judgment for personal injuries in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Jones County. It was alleged that such injuries were the result of a collision between appellee’s truck driven by him and appellant’s freight train; and that the collision was caused by the negligence of appellant’s employees in the operation of the freight train over a public crossing on Old Highway 82 (the Maben-Starkville Road). Appellant appeals. We reverse and enter judgment here for appellant.

Several errors are assigned; but in view of our decision, it is only…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Berry v. BruntMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  2. New Orleans N.E.R. Co. v. BurgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Illinois Central Railroad v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
  4. John Morrell & Company v. ShultzMississippi Supreme Court · 1968

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Maxwell v. Illinois Central Gulf RRMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Clark v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  3. ILLINOIS CEN. GULF RR COMPANY v. YatesMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Woods v. AmtrakDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1997
  5. Robert J. Newman, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and J. I. Brown, Jr., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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