Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Cox

This suit was "brought by appellee to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him because of the defective condition of an approach to a road crossing on appellant’s railway, which defective condition was alleged to he due to the failure and neglect of appellant to keep such approach in repair.

A trial was had in the court below; the jury found defendant .guilty, and assessed plaintiff’s damages at §500; the motion by plaintiff for a new tidal was overruled, and judgment on the verdict rendered by the court, whereupon plaintiff appealed.

It appears from the…