L. & N.R. CO. v. WHISENANT, ET AL.

No. 38344.

214 Miss. 421 (1952)

58 So.2d 908

LOUISVILLE & N.R. CO. v. WHISENANT, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. G. Greaves, Jr., and Smith, Hand, Arendall & Bedsole, for appellant.

Bidwell Adam and Barnett, Jones & Montgomery, for appellees.


Holmes, J.

The appellant appeals from an adverse jury verdict and judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, awarding to the appellees damages in the sum of $20,000 for the alleged wrongful injury and death of Wilbourn Houston Whisenant, a boy of the age of twelve years. Appellees are the father, mother, brother and sister of the decedent.

The tragedy resulting in the decedent's injury and subsequent...

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