HOFFMAN v. PLANTERS GIN CO., INC.

No. 50175.

358 So.2d 1008 (1978)

Randy HOFFMAN, a minor, by and through his father, Earl Hoffman, next friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLANTERS GIN COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yancy & Easley, Cliff R. Easley, Jr., James W. Pennington, Bruce, for plaintiff-appellant.

Campbell & DeLong, Fred C. DeLong, Jr., Lawrence D. Wade, Greenville, for defendant-appellee.

Before PATTERSON, BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Sunflower County which granted the defendant, Planters Gin Company, Inc., a peremptory instruction against plaintiff, Randy Hoffman, in a tort suit.

A review of the facts most favorable to the plaintiff reveals that at the time of the accident he was fourteen years of age. The previous year he had dropped out of grade school and accompanied his father, Earl Hoffman, about...

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