Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Carroll

Citations

• 103 Miss. 830
• 60 So. 1013

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligence. Contributory negligence. Laws 1910, chapter 135.</p> <p>Under chapter 135, Laws 1910, so providing, contributory negligence whether slight, ordinary or gross is not a complete defense to an action for damages, hut will only cause a diminution of the same.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>This statute does not deal with, and was not intended to introduce into our jurisprudence, degrees of contributory negligence but it deals with contributory negligence proper of every character.</p>