Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Perry

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Mrs. Bertha Perry, appellee, sued the Western Union Telegraph Company, appellant, seeking’ damages because of the collision of her automobile with one of appellant’s telegraph poles in Mississippi City, an unincorporated village in Harrison County. She was driving the car. On her recovery of damages, the Telegraph Company appeals.

Several errors are assigned, but it is necessary for us to discuss only whether or not the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury peremptorily to find for the appellant at the end of all the…