Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Bloom
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. Tire allegations of the declaration are stated in the opinion, and, since the court holds that they are sustained by the evidence, it is not necessary to set out the testimony. It may be proper, however, to state that plaintiff had only a life-estate in the residence in question.
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From the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. Tire allegations of the declaration are stated in the opinion, and, since the court holds that they are sustained by the evidence, it is not necessary to set out the testimony. It may be proper, however, to state that plaintiff had only a life-estate in the residence in question. The court, at the request of plaintiff, instructed as follows : “ 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that the construction and maintenance of the switch by defendant, and the uses to which it is devoted by defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
This was an action instituted by Elias Bloom against the Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company for damages resulting from the construction of a track along and upon the street, in the city of Jackson, on which his residence was situated, and where he had lived for twenty or thirty years ; and Bloom alleged in his complaint that said track was laid down without his consent and over his protest; that, in the construction of said track, the railway company tore up and *251destroyed a stone crossing, which he had laid more than twenty years ago, to enable himself and family to go over the street on…
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