CITY OF JACKSON v. REED

No. 40764.

233 Miss. 280 (1958)

102 So.2d 342

CITY OF JACKSON v. REED, A MINOR

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, E.W. Stennett, W.T. Neely, Jackson, for appellants.

Lipscomb, Ray & Barksdale, Carl C. Bostic, Jackson, for appellees.


LEE, J.

Roy Henry Reed, a minor sixteen years of age, by his Mother and Next Friend, Mrs. Henrietta Reed, sued the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and Walter Riddley, its employee, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as a proximate result of the alleged negligence of the defendants. There was a verdict and judgment against the defendants for the sum of $85,000, and the City appealed.

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