Indianola Cotton Oil Co. v. Crowley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. H. H. Elmore, Judge. Suit by E. A. Crowley against the Indianola Cotton Oil Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The appellee, E. A. Crowley, sued and recovered judgment against the appellants, J. H. Pettey and the Indianola Cotton Oil Company, for. damages for an assault made upon appellee by Pettey, who was the general manager and agent of the oil company, from which this appeal was taken.
The record shows that the oil company was a domestic corporation, doing a general oilmill business at Indianola, Sunflower county, and was managed and controlled by the appellant Pettey, whose home and residence was in Leflore county. The suit was instituted in Sunflower county, and service of summons was had there…
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