MISSISSIPPI EXPORT RAILROAD COMPANY v. WILLIAMS

No. 46690.

266 So.2d 28 (1972)

MISSISSIPPI EXPORT RAILROAD COMPANY v. Rosebud WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams S. Murphy, Lucedale, for appellant.

Cumbest, Cumbest & Shaddock, Pascagoula, W.W. Ramsey, Vicksburg, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

Rosebud Williams, a male, sued the Mississippi Export Railroad Company in the Circuit Court of Jackson County under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for injuries sustained by him on April 10, 1968, when he tripped over a banding wire while unloading railroad crossties from a gondola car. The jury returned a verdict for $50,000.00 and the Railroad Company appeals.

Plaintiff testified that he...

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