Mississippi Supreme Court, 1891

Millsaps v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Ry. Co.

Millsaps v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Ry. Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1891 · Cooper
69 Miss. 423

Millsaps v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Ry. Co.

Opinion of the Court

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Under the facts stated in the declaration, the plaintiff’s intestate was the servant of the defendant corporation. Degg v. Midland Railway Co., 1 Hurt. & N. (Ex.), 773; Barstow v. R. R. Co., 143 Mass., 535; Osborne v. Knox & Lincoln, 68 Maine, 49; McKinney on Fellow-servants, § 19.

The train-dispatcher was the fellow-servant of the intestate. L., N. O. & T. Ry. Co. v. Petty, 67 Miss., 255; N. O., J. & G. N. R. R. Co. v. Hughes, 49 Ib., 258; Lagrone v. M. & O. R. R. Co., 67 Ib., 592.

Judgment affirmed.

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