Illinois Central Railroad v. Seamans

Citations

• 79 Miss. 106

Syllabus

<p>Raileoads. Death of employe. Proximate cause.</p> <p>Where a railroad company so manages its business as to entice cattle to its track to feed upon wasted cottonseed at a place from which they cannot readily escape passing- trains, and where they cannot he seen by engineers in time to prevent a collision, it will be liable for the death of a fireman caused by the derailment of his engine in running over a cow at the place.</p>