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· 10/15/1895

Straw v. Illinois Central Railroad

Citations

  • 73 Miss. 446

Syllabus

<p>Res Judicata. Demv/irer to declaration. Judgment susta/invng same.</p> <p>The judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in an action to recover for personal injuries, sustaining a demurrer to the declaration, and dismissing the action, on the ground that the declaration showed the plaintiff to have been g’uilty of contributory negligence, is an adjudication, and bars a second action for the same injury.</p>

Judges: Woods

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