White v. McRee
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry, Judge. Suit by Miss Esma McRee, by ber nest friend-, Mrs. Ella McRee, against H. C. White and wife. Judgment on. direct appeal affirmed; on cross appeal, judgment reversed and case remanded for new trial as to the amount of damages only. - . The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This is an action for damages, brought by the appellee,.' Miss Esma McRee, against the appellants, H. C. White- and Mrs. White, for injuries sustained by the appellee by being bitten on both legs by a brindle bulldog owned: and kept by the appellants on their premises. There was-a jury verdict for one hundred dollars in favor of the appellee, from which the appellants appeal, and the appellee cross-appeals, to this court.
The facts in the case are that in July, 1914, the appellee, Miss Esma.McRee, a young lady about . seventeen years of age, visited the residence of appellants one Sunday…
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