GRIFFIN & SONS v. NEWTON B.G. & O. CO.

No. 37744.

210 Miss. 797 (1951)

50 So.2d 370

J.M. GRIFFIN & SONS, INC. v. NEWTON BUTANE GAS & OIL CO., et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, In Banc.

February 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.B. Triplett, Jr., C.E. Johnson, Lyle V. Corey, and Broach & Ethridge, for appellants.

Leon F. Hendrick, for Newton Motor Company.

Snow & Covington, for Newton Butane Gas & Oil Company.


Alexander, J.

Appellant is in the sawmill business. It desired to have a butane gas tank near its mill moved to a new location. To this end it sought the services of the butane company but was by it informed that it did not have suitable facilities but that it would engage the appellee, the Newton Motor Company, to move it with a wrecker truck. The latter company agreed to undertake the job provided a representative of the butane company went along. Under...

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