N.O. & N.E. RR. CO. v. DIXIE HWY. EXP.

No. 40369.

230 Miss. 92 (1957)

92 So.2d 455

NEW ORLEANS & NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO., et al. v. DIXIE HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd, Cameron & Deen, Meridian, for appellants.

Snow & Covington, Meridian, for appellee.


ARRINGTON, J.

Appellee, Dixie Highway Express, Inc., brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County against appellant railroad and Earl V. McElwee, the engineer of the train. Appellant's freight train ran into the rear of appellee's trailer-truck at a crossing in the City of Picayune. The circuit court granted a peremptory instruction for the plaintiff-appellee in the amount of damages to the trailer, $4,934...

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