Legal Opinion
Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. Decker
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 26, 1928No. 26769PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This suit was instituted in the circuit court of Warren county, by Mrs. Willie May Decker, admin-istratrix of the estate of B. P. Decker, deceased, to recover damages for the death of the said B. P. Decker, who was found in a dying condition on a hillside, near his home, in the city of Vicksburg, at about eight-thirty P. M., on March' 27, 1926.
The declaration alleged, in substance, that on and prior to. March 27, 1926, the said B. P. Decker was employed by the defendant as a flagman on one of its freight trains running from Vicksburg, in the state of Mississippi, to points in the state of…
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