Southern Railway Co. v. Pittman
Citations
- 97 Miss. 416
- 52 So. 207
Syllabus
<p>Railboaiis. Trespasser on trade. Negligence. Last clear chance. Question for jury.</p> <p>While a railroad company is not under duty to keep a lookout for trespassers, it should exercise reasonable cure to prevent injuring one, discovered and recognized to be in a perilous position and unable to escape therefrom; and whether it exercised such care is ordinarily a question of fact for the determination of a. jury.</p>
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- stating that the purpose of art. III, § 20 \was to prevent the alienation by the state of salt springs of commercial value\
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