Mississippi Supreme Court, 1907

Leake v. Gulf & Ship Island Railroad

Leake v. Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1907 · Whitfield
91 Miss. 398; 46 So. 68

Leake v. Gulf & Ship Island Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Whitfield, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

It was manifest error on the part of the court below to give the peremptory instruction. The question as to whether any miscreant did misplace the switch, as well as the other questions involved should have been determined by the jury on the testi*407mony. See, for the principle controlling the matter, the very accurate note to Robertson v. Dodge, 81 Am. Dec., at pages 268-270.

Reversed and remanded.

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