Gulf, Mobile & Northern R. v. Weldy

Upon a former appeal of this case the judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $10,000, as damages for personal injuries, was reversed because of an erroneous instruction. Gulf, M. & N. R. Co. v. Weldy, 193 Miss. 59, 8 So. (2d) 249. On the next trial, he recovered a verdict and judgment for the sum of '$20,000, and the defendant again appeals.

The appellant assigns as the principal grounds of error on this appeal: (1) the refusal of the court to grant a peremptory instruction in its favor, for the reason (a) that the testimony of the plaintiff as to how he sustained his injuries is so…