City of Meridian v. Hardy

Lee Hardy, plaintiff-appellee, charged in his declaration that he had been in the employ of the City of Meridian, Mississippi, a municipality, for approximately thirty years, and on or about September 24, 1956, while performing the duties of his employment, sustained injuries while under the direct command and supervision of the foreman and superintendent, Tom Brown, both employed by the City of Meridian; that the City of Meridian, acting by and through the said Tom Brown, negligently commanded the appellee and two prisoners of appellant to unload a large concrete pipe from a truck of the…