CRESCENT AMUSEMENT COMPANY v. KNIGHT

8 Div. 795.

82 So.2d 919 (1955)

CRESCENT AMUSEMENT COMPANY v. James Horace KNIGHT, pro ami.

Supreme Court of Alabama, Special Term.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eyster & Eyster, Decatur, for appellant.

Peach, Caddell & Shanks, Decatur, for appellee.


SIMPSON, Justice.

James Horace Knight, a minor suing pro ami, brought this action against the Crescent Amusement Company for damages arising out of an automobile accident on Highway 31 directly in front of the defendant's place of business, a drive-in theater near Decatur, Alabama.

The gravamen of the action is grounded on the alleged negligence of the servant of the defendant, acting within the line and scope of his employment as a flagman stationed on the...

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