Case Name: Dunbar-Du-Kate Co. v. Harper
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1925-11-23
Citations: 140 Miss. 439
Docket Number: No. 25183
Parties: Dunbar-Du-Kate Co. v. Harper.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 140
Pages: 439–442

Head Matter:
Dunbar-Du-Kate Co. v. Harper.
(Division A.
Nov. 23, 1925.)
[105 So. p.
No. 25183.]
White £ Ford, for appellant.
O. J. Dedeaux, for appellee.
Headnotes 1. Bridges, 9 C. J., Section 84 (Anno); 2. Bridges, 9 C. J., Section 79 (Anno).

Opinion:
Smith, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The responsibility for the appellee's injury must be referred to his own negligence in attempting to turn his wagon around on a bridge, the space therefor being so limited as to render it practically impossible for him to do so with safety.
Conceding that the appellant was charged with the duty of maintaining a suitable railing along the side of the bridge, it was not required to maintain such a railing as would withstand the extraordinary strain placed on it by the appellee's negligence. The peremptory instruction requested by the appellant should have been granted.
Reversed, and judgment here for appellant.