Williams v. Southern Ry. Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Alcorn county. Hon. J. H. Mitchell, Judge. Suit by W. A. Williams against the Southern Bailway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff for an insufficient amount, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Alcorn county. Hon. J. H. Mitchell, Judge. Suit by W. A. Williams against the Southern Bailway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff for an insufficient amount, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The only question presented by the record in this case for the consideration of the court, is whether or not, under the facts of this case, which are undisputed, a case was presented in which punitive damages might properly have been awarded. If so, the trial court erred in giving’ instruction number 4 at the request of…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The refusal by the trial court to grant appellant an instruction authorizing the jury to assess punitive dam*103ages is assigned as error in this case.. This is the sole question for our consideration in this appeal.
' Appellant owned an interchangeable mileage book. He desired to go from Tuscumbia, Alabama, to Corinth, Mississippi. The coupons remianing in his book were fifty-two miles, the distance between the two cities. Complying with the requirements of appellee company, he exchanged his mileage for a ticket. When the agent issued the ticket, he kept the mileage book cover, as all the coupons…
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. HarperMississippi Supreme Court · 1903
- Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. HolmesMississippi Supreme Court · 1897
- Illinois Central Railroad v. GortikovMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
- Illinois Central Railroad v. ReidMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
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