CITY OF MERIDIAN v. GODWIN

No. 43825.

185 So.2d 433 (1966)

CITY OF MERIDIAN, a Municipality of the State of Mississippi, v. Wallace GODWIN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ethridge, Minniece, Bourdeaux & Jones, Meridian, for appellant.

Gerald Adams, Joe R. Odom, Meridian, for appellee.


BRADY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in the sum of $12,500 rendered against the City of Meridian by the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County on account of injuries received by appellee on April 8, 1960, while working on a refuse truck for appellant. From the verdict and judgment, this appeal is prosecuted.

The relevant facts, tersely stated, are as follows. The appellee was fifty-eight years of age at the time of the trial. He was uneducated, having...

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