LYON v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 1897.

228 F.Supp. 810 (1964)

Kerry N. LYON, Plaintiff, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, Hattiesburg Division.

April 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin & Melvin, Laurel, Miss., for plaintiff.

E. R. Alley, William M. Deavours, Laurel, Miss., for defendant.


WILLIAM HAROLD COX, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff sued the railroad and its section foreman for damages for negligence and consequent personal injuries sustained by him on the evening of September 19, 1961, at a public railroad crossing in the city of Laurel, Mississippi. It was a dark and misty evening when a freight train of the railroad moving along its tracks was not seen by the plaintiff and was run into and against...

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