Belzoni Hardwood Lumber Co. v. Langford

Citations

• 127 Miss. 234
• 89 So. 919

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and Servant. .Injury to employer held actionable, though not employed for work done.</p> <p>The employer is liable for’negligent injury to an invitee or to an employee of another department who is negligently injured while at a place where he had a right to be, or where he habitually served with sanction of employer, though not employed for that particular work.</p> <p>2. Death. Damages for husband’s death allowable regardless of wife’s condttct.</p> <p>In a suit by the wife for death of her husband it is error to instruct the jury that the marital relations, or misconduct of the wife at the time and prior to husband’s death, should be considered by the jury In estimating the amount of damages, because her conduct could not' affect amount due her as “damages to the decedent” expressly allowed by statute.</p> <p>3. Death. One thousand five hundred dollars damages inadequate.</p> <p>A judgment for one thousand five hundred dollars as damages for the wrongful death of a person thirty-five years of age, earning four dollars per day, is grossly inadequate.</p>