MOCK v. Natchez Garden Club

The appellants herein were plaintiffs in the lower court and brought suit against the appellee for the recovery of damages for the death of their son, Homer Mock, by reason of drowning in a swimming pool owned by the appellee and operated by it in connection with its operation of an ante-bellum house known as Connelly’s Tavern in Natchez, Mississippi, which was also owned by the appellee. At the conclusion of all the evidence for the plaintiffs the trial court sustained a motion of the defendant to exclude the plaintiffs’ evidence and to peremptorily direct a jury verdict for the defendant…