DEES v. CAMPBELL

No. 43814.

183 So.2d 624 (1966)

Mrs. Louise DEES v. M.E. CAMPBELL, d/b/a Red and White Food Store.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Simmerman, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Morse & Morse, Gulfport, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Mrs. Louise Dees, appellant, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for the wrongful death of her husband, Wiley Dees. At the close of plaintiff's evidence, the trial court gave a peremptory instruction for M.E. Campbell. Dees fell on the parking lot of defendant's grocery store, and received a brain concussion from which he died. We hold that there was not sufficient circumstantial evidence to make a jury issue on negligence...

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