Pulliam v. Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. Henry Pulliam, an infant in his seventeenth year of age, was killed by the cars of the railroad company, in December, 1896, within the corporate limits of the village of Oakland, in this state, under the circumstances stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. Henry Pulliam, an infant in his seventeenth year of age, was killed by the cars of the railroad company, in December, 1896, within the corporate limits of the village of Oakland, in this state, under the circumstances stated in the opinion of the court. This suit was brought by appellants, brothers of the deceased, for the use of themselves, the other brothers and the sisters, and of the father of deceased, against the railroad company, for damages because of the killing. The deceased did not leave a mother, widow,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
The evidence offered by the appellants on the trial below shows these facts: That Henry Pulliam was fatally injured in the municipality of Oakland by cars making a flying switch and running at a speed variously estimated from ten to twenty miles an hour, and that no lookout was kept by the employes of the appellee for persons who might be on the track; that, in *634fact, two flying switches were made almost simultaneously, oue on the main line and the other on the side track; that the deceased was walking down the main line and left that track to escape the cars being kicked down it, and then…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1895
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