Davis v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad

Citations

• 95 Miss. 540
• 49 So. 179

Syllabus

<p>Railroads. Passengers. Induced to leave train at wrong station. Gross negligence. Wilfulness. Punitive damages.</p> <p>Where a railroad company ran a passenger train over a new line of road, in charge of servants wholly unacquainted with the stations thereon, and the conductor caused plaintiff, a passenger who had never been over the road before, to leave the train during the night at a place other than his destination, where there were no accommodations, and plaintiff wandering became lost in the woods, but finally reached a highway and walked seven miles, unarmed through a dangerous country, to his home, the question of punitive damages should be left to the jury.</p>