S & W CONSTR. CO. v. DOUGLAS

No. 42354.

244 Miss. 498 (1962)

142 So.2d 33

S & W CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. DOUGLAS

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brewer, Brewer & Luckett, Clarksdale; Chandler, Manire & Chandler, Memphis, Tenn., for appellants.

Talbot, Sullivan & Dunbar, Clarksdale; Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., for appellee.


McELROY, J.

The appellee, Maurice Douglas, sued S & W Construction Company, Inc., in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi, for damages for personal injuries sustained in an accident which occurred in Shelby County, Tennessee. From a verdict and judgment for $150,000, appellant appeals.

On the night of November 11, 1958, appellee was a passenger in an automobile being driven by Kelly Beretta in a southerly...

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