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NEW ORLEANS & NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. v. WEARY

No. 45090.

217 So.2d 274 (1968)

NEW ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY and N.B. Slayton, Defendants/Appellants, v. J.V. WEARY, Plaintiff/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

Holmes & Dukes, Hattiesburg, John B. Clark, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

This suit originated in the Circuit Court of Forrest County. J.V. Weary, appellee, sought to recover damages against appellants, New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad and N.B. Slayton, a railroad engineer, for injuries incurred in a car-train collision in Hattiesburg. The case was tried before a jury and from a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $50,000 the defendants appeal.

The declaration filed by Weary alleged that the defendants...

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