Mobile & Ohio R. v. Farrior

Citations

• 115 Miss. 96
• 75 So. 777

Syllabus

<p>1. Carriers. Carriage of passengers. Conduct of conductor. Sufficiency of evidence.</p> <p>In a suit by a passenger against a railroad company and its conductor for actual and punitive damages, because of the conductor’s conduct in insisting that plaintiff had not purchased a ticket to her destination, the court held that the facts set out in its opinion did not show that the conductor failed to treat plaintiff with proper courtesy, and plaintiff failed to make out a case for punitive damages.</p> <p>2. New Trial. Jury. Impeachment of verdict.</p> <p>Notwithstanding the facts that now nine jurors are permitted to render a verdict in a civil case, this does not change the rule that a juror is not allowed to impeach the verdict of the jury, since the verdict is still the verdict of the whole jury though it takes only nine jurors to arrive thereat.</p>