WINSTEAD v. HALL

No. 43340.

251 Miss. 800 (1965)

171 So.2d 354

WINSTEAD v. HALL

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross & Ross, Clarksdale; E.L. Schieffler, West Helena, Ark., for appellant.

McClure, Fant & McClure, Sardis, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

The only question in this case is whether appellant's jury verdict of $1,000 for the negligently caused death of her father is so grossly inadequate as to require a new trial on damages. We hold it is.

James T. Ray, Sr. was killed on June 12, 1963 in a motor vehicle collision on State Highway 6 between Batesville and Marks. The highway runs east and west, and Finn was driving west in his log truck, between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. Ray was in the middle...

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