St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Jacks
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Desha Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Elkins Jacks, a boy a little over sixteen years of age, was in the employ of the appellant as clerk to its storekeeper at McGehee. The appellant was handling its supplies from two box cars. They were placed on its coach track, at McGehee station. The ears were in bad condition, one of them having the drawbar out, permitting the cars to come within six or eight inches of each other.
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Appeal from Desha Circuit Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Elkins Jacks, a boy a little over sixteen years of age, was in the employ of the appellant as clerk to its storekeeper at McGehee. The appellant was handling its supplies from two box cars. They were placed on its coach track, at McGehee station. The ears were in bad condition, one of them having the drawbar out, permitting the cars to come within six or eight inches of each other. There were doors in the ends of the two cars so that one could pass from one car to the other. It was Jacks’s duty to go in these…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). The appellant contends that the verdict was excessive. Jacks had an expectancy of forty-four years; his mother an expectancy of 17.41 years, and his father an expectancy of 14.09 years, as shown by the mortuary tables. Young Jacks was earning at the time of his death a salary of $55 per month, and was in line of promotion. He was industrious and intelligent. He contributed the whole of his earnings to his own and his father’s and mother’s support. He had stated that he would “stand by them (his father and mother) as long as he lived;” said they “could…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Railway Co. v. SweetSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1895
- Railway Co. v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
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- Crawford v. CenterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1936
- Davis v. GillinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
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