Millsaps v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Ry. Co.

69 Miss. 423 | Miss. | 1891

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Under the facts stated in the declaration, the plaintiff’s intestate was the servant of the defendant corporation. Degg v. Midland Railway Co., 1 Hurt. & N. (Ex.), 773; Barstow v. R. R. Co., 143 Mass., 535; Osborne v. Knox & Lincoln, 68 Maine, 49; McKinney on Fellow-servants, § 19.

The train-dispatcher was the fellow-servant of the intestate. L., N. O. & T. Ry. Co. v. Petty, 67 Miss., 255; N. O., J. & G. N. R. R. Co. v. Hughes, 49 Ib., 258; Lagrone v. M. & O. R. R. Co., 67 Ib., 592.

Judgment affirmed.