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77-9-435 - Railroads liable for negligence and mismanagement of employees, and mismanagement of engines.

§ 77-9-435. Railroads liable for negligence and mismanagement of employees, and mismanagement of engines.
  

Every railroad company shall be liable for all damages which may be sustained by any person in consequence of the neglect or mismanagement of any of its agents, engineers or clerks, or in consequence of the mismanagement of its engines. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 43; 1871, § 2429; 1880, § 1054; 1892, § 3557; 1906, § 4054; Hemingway's 1917, § 6678; 1930, § 6152; 1942, § 7804; Laws,  1912, ch. 240.