Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Cobb

Citations

• 94 Miss. 561
• 48 So. 522

Syllabus

<p>Railroads. Master and servant. Servant's injuries. Infants. Rule of company touching employment. Disuse. False affidavit of age.</p> <p>Where an infant employe of a railroad company was injured in the course of his employment by the negligence of the company, his infancy in no way contributing thereto, a much disused rule of the company forbidding the employment of infants and an affidavit, made by the plaintiff when seeking the employment, falsely affirming that he was then twenty-one years of age, do not constitute a defense.</p> <p>2. Damages. Yerdiet excessive. Personal injuries.</p> <p>Facts of the case considered and a verdict in plaintiff’s favor awarding twenty-five thousand dollars as damages for personal injuries adjudged excessive.</p>