Case Name: Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Currie
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1916-10
Citations: 113 Miss. 45
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Currie.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 45–46

Head Matter:
Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Currie.
[73 South. 868,
Division A.]
Carriers of Passengers. Action for damages. Excessive verdict.
Under the facts in this case, in an action for personal injuries caused by the failure of the railroad company to stop a passenger train and let plaintiff get off at her place of destination, the court held that a verdict for three hundred and seventy-five dollars was grossly excessive.
Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county.
Horn W. W. YeNable, Judge.
Suit by Mrs. D. 0. Carrie against the Mobile & Ohio Eailway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the appellee for damages claimed by her due to the failure of the appellant to stop one of its passenger trains and put her off at a station on its line to which she had purchased a .ticket.
Bashm & Wilbown, for appellant.
Fewell & Cameron, for appellee.

Opinion:
HoldeN, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
After a careful examination of the record in this case, we find no reversible error, except that the amount of three hundred and seventy-five dollars assessed as damages is grossly excessive, and, unless the appellee enters a remittitur reducing the amount to one hundred dollars, the judgment of the lower court will he reversed for a new trial as to the amount of damages only ,• but, if said remittitur is entered here, the judgment of the lower court will he affirmed.
Affirmed conditionally.