FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. DEES

Nos. 45313, 45314.

223 So.2d 638 (1969)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. Reeford DEES. FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. Floyd ADAMS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hassell H. Whitworth, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, for appellant.

Sullivan, Dunbar & Smith, David R. Hunt, Clarksdale, for appellees.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

On June 23, 1966, Appellee Reeford Dees purchased a new Ford pickup truck from the Ford dealer in Rosedale, Mississippi. On August 7, 1966, on a clear, dry day, about six o'clock in the afternoon, the truck was being driven in a southerly direction on a level blacktop road by Appellee Floyd Adams, with Jimmy O'Brian sitting next to the driver, and Reeford Dees, the owner, sitting on the right side.

These three eyewitnesses testified that...

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