Gallegly v. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad

Citations

• 83 Miss. 171

Syllabus

<p>1. Railroads. Passenger train. Conductor. Code 1892, \\ 3563. Conservator of the peace.</p> <p>A conductor of a railroad passenger train, under Code 1892, § 3563, providing that if any passenger be guilty of disorderly conduct, etc., upon any passenger train the conductor may stop the train, etc., and eject him, is a conservator of the peace.</p> <p>2. Same. Duty to protect passengers.</p> <p>It is the duty of the conductor of a railroad passenger train, under the law, Code 1892, § 3563, to protect the passengers not only from assault but from insult, blasphemy, obsenity and unseemly conduct.</p> <p>3. Same. Conductor's rights. Self-defense.</p> <p>A conductor of a railroad train has an equal right with private citizens to defend himself from unprovoked assaults and to resent gross and wanton insults.</p>