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HEMPHILL v. MISSISSIPPI POWER CO.

No. 7871.

84 F.2d 971 (1936)

HEMPHILL v. MISSISSIPPI POWER CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney C. Mize, of Gulfport, Miss., for appellant.

C. C. Miller, of Meridian, Miss., and Barney Eaton, Jr., and B. E. Eaton, both of Gulfport, Miss., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant brought this suit to recover damages caused by the wrecking of his automobile in a collision with a pole belonging to appellee, which carried electric transmission wires. Error is assigned to the direction of a verdict at the close of the evidence.

The complainant substantially alleges that defendant had a large number of poles set on what is known as the Pass Christian Road between Gulfport and Biloxi; that, at a point about...

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