Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. v. Smith

Citations

• 106 Miss. 455
• 64 So. 158

Syllabus

<p>Cakrdsbs. Carriage of 'passengers. Duty of carrier.</p> <p>It is the duty of the servants oí a railroad company to do all they can to relieve the injury of a passenger after an accident, hut this rule in its application must he controlled by the facts in each particular case and where a drunken passenger, by his negligence fell off a morning train carrying many other passengers, and his absence was not discovered until the train had proceeded several miles, it was not the duty of the conductor to back the train and hunt for him, when to do so would endanger the other passengers and when other trains following were notified to look out for him.</p>