Lewis Grocery Co. v. Blackwell

BRADY, Justice:

Appellee, Mitchell Blackwell, recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of the Second District of Jones County, Mississippi, in the sum of $13,640.18 on account of personal injuries received in an accident. From this judgment the appellants prosecute this appeal. Briefly the controlling facts are these.

On January 11, 1966, Julius Joiner was driving a Lewis Grocery Company Truck on State Highway 28. At 6:15 A.M. he was proceeding approximately eight miles northwest of Laurel. The appellee and a fellow employee were driving toward Laurel on their way to work. Appellee caught up…