JEFFERSON v. MAGEE

No. 44633.

205 So.2d 281 (1967)

Billy JEFFERSON, Defendant-Appellant, v. Ewell MAGEE, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Satterfield, Shell, Williams & Buford, Jackson & Yazoo City, for appellant.

Holmes & Cortright, Henry, Barbour & DeCell, Yazoo City, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Justice.

This suit is the result of a car-bus collision in Sunflower County on November 2, 1962. Billy Jefferson, one of the defendants, was the driver of the automobile. Ewell Magee, the plaintiff, was the driver of the bus. The trial resulted in a jury verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $85,000 which was reduced by way of remittitur by the trial judge to $60,000.

Plaintiff assigns as error on cross...

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