UNITED GAS CORP. v. PARKER

No. 43494.

252 Miss. 486 (1965)

174 So.2d 370

UNITED GAS CORPORATION v. PARKER

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Welch, Gibbes & Graves, William S. Mullins, III, Laurel, for appellant.

Melvin, Melvin & Melvin, Laurel, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

This is a tort action brought in the Circuit Court of Jones County, Second Judicial District, by appellee, Mrs. Mattie Lee Parker, against appellant, United Gas Corporation. The jury awarded her damages of $10,000, and from a judgment based on that verdict United has appealed. The questions are whether United, in digging a trench for its pipeline near the traveled portion of the highway, was guilty of negligence...

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