Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co. v. Crayton
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Warren county. Hon. J. D. Gilland, Judge. The opinion states the facts. Filed a lengthy brief, chiefly devoted to the facts, contending that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and, as to the other questions passed on by the court, making the following points: It was error not to allow defendant to show its rule or regulation keeping trains ten minutes apart.
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From tbe circuit court of Warren county. Hon. J. D. Gilland, Judge. The opinion states the facts. Filed a lengthy brief, chiefly devoted to the facts, contending that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and, as to the other questions passed on by the court, making the following points: It was error not to allow defendant to show its rule or regulation keeping trains ten minutes apart. “ "When there is a question whether a particular act was done, the existence of any course of business or office, according to which it naturally would have been done, is a relevant fact.” 7 Am.…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The declaration, in substance, alleges that appellee was a person with a railway ticket, properly procured aud paid for, which entitled him to board and be transported upon a certain train in charge of one of the conductors of the' appellant’s train; that, pursuing his right as an intending passenger, appellee, in a proper manner, attempted to board the train at Ilalpin’s station for Vicksburg; that he was met on the platform of the railway-car by the conductor, who obstructed the entrance of appellee and others, and who rudely and angrily exclaimed, “God damn you, niggers, get back, and go…
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