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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RR. CO. v. YAWN, ET AL.

No. 39809.

226 Miss. 77 (1955)

83 So.2d 756

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RR. CO. v. YAWN, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byrd, Wise & Smith, Jackson; E.L. & W.W. Dent, Collins; Bonnie Smith, Collins, for appellant.

John K. Keyes, John Kervin, Jr., Collins, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

This is a tort action brought by the appellee Willie L. Yawn in the Circuit Court of Covington County, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. The judgment appealed from awarded Yawn damages of $1000.00. However, appellee failed to prove any negligence on the part of the railroad company which would support this judgment.

On September 25, 1954, a freight car owned by appellant was placed by it...

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