Mullican v. Meridian Light & Ry. Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. R. W. Heidelberg, Judge. Suit by J. W. Mullican and others against the Meridian Light & Railway Company and V. L. Crawford. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. R. W. Heidelberg, Judge. Suit by J. W. Mullican and others against the Meridian Light & Railway Company and V. L. Crawford. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The only feature of the brief in behalf of the Meridian Light & Railway Company to which we deem proper to make extended reply is the one relating to the proximate cause of the injury and death of Mullican. The use of old, worn, inadequate and defective machinery by the Light & Railway Company to light…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This suit was instituted by the appellants, Mrs. Mullican and her children, against the appellees, V. L. Crawford and the Meridian Light & Railway Company, for damages for the death of John W. Mullican, husband of the appellant and father of the children, caused by the negligence of the defendants. A demurrer to the declaration interposed by the Meridian Light & Railway Company was sustained by the court as to it, and a plea of discharge in bankruptcy by the appellee, Crawford, resulted in a judgment discharging him, from which judgments this appeal is prosecuted.
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