Farquhar v. Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. Oliver W. Catchings, Special Judge. Louise Farquhar, and the other appellants, were the plaintiffs in the court below; the railway company was defendant there. One of the plaintiffs was the mother, and the others the brothers and sisters, the next of kin, of Edward Farquhar, deceased, for whose death the action was brought.
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From the circuit court of Warren county. Hon. Oliver W. Catchings, Special Judge. Louise Farquhar, and the other appellants, were the plaintiffs in the court below; the railway company was defendant there. One of the plaintiffs was the mother, and the others the brothers and sisters, the next of kin, of Edward Farquhar, deceased, for whose death the action was brought. The decedent was lulled at Vicksburg August 21, 1899. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Under the decisions of this court, we are free to admit that ' we were not surprised at the ruling of the court…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
The appellants sued the defendant company for damages arising from the death of their son and brother, Edward Farquhar. Edward Farquhar was the yardmaster of the defendant company at Vicksburg, and, in making a transfer of the passenger train across the Mississippi river, and while riding upon a flat car propelled by the switch engine, he was thrown from the car and received fatal injuries, from which he soon thereafter died. The switch engine was running at the rate of about twenty-five miles per hour, and ran over a large iron nut then accidentally upon the track, which caused the…
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- Dowell v. Vicksburg & Meridian R. R.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1884
- Evans v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1893
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