Southern Ry. Co. v. Jackson

These two cases, tried together below-by agreement and here upon a single transcript, involve the liability of the Southern Railway Company for personal injuries sustained by Addison A. Jackson, a boy thirteen years of age, when he was ejected or forced to swing from a freight train of the Southern Railway Company. Addison A. Jackson, suing by next friend, recovered a judgment in the sum of $1,500. ITis mother, Cora Jackson, suing for loss of services and medical bills, recovered a judgment in the sum of $500. Both cases were tried before the court and a jury.

At the conclusion of plaintiffs’…