NEW ORLEANS & NORTHEASTERN R. CO. v. THORNTON

No. 44120.

191 So.2d 547 (1966)

NEW ORLEANS & NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY and Lias Thigpen v. T.C. THORNTON et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pack & Ratcliff, Warner Beard, Jr., Laurel, for appellant.

Melvin, Melvin & Melvin, Laurel, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This is an action under the wrongful death statute. Miss. Code Ann. § 1453 (1964 Supp.). The jury rendered a verdict of $150,000 for plaintiffs-appellees, and defendants-appellants seek review of the judgment by the Circuit Court of Jones County, Second District.

The issues are (1) whether a peremptory instruction "on liability," in the light of all instructions adequately directed the jury to consider whether the death of Mrs...

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