BOUNDS v. PAYNE

No. 44091.

190 So.2d 871 (1966)

Helen BOUNDS v. Nicholas PAYNE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse & Morse, Gulfport, for appellant.

Walter L. Nixon, Jr., Biloxi, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Nicholas Payne, appellee, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, seeking damages resulting from a collision when appellant, Helen Bounds, drove into the rear of his automobile. The circuit court gave a peremptory instruction for plaintiff on liability. The jury returned a verdict for damages of $25,000, but plaintiff accepted the trial court's requirement of a remittitur to $20,000. The case involves two questions: Whether...

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