Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans R. R. v. Trotter

Citations

• 61 Miss. 417

Syllabus

<p>Railroads. Suit for personal injuries. Instruction. Skill and care. In an action against a railroad company, to recover damages for injuries sustained by a party who fell from the platform of a car, which was standing at the depot, while attempting to enter the same as a passenger, it was error to instruct the jury, that if the fall “ could have been averted by the skill or care of the defendant or its servants, the plaintiff was entitled to recover.”</p>