Shell Oil Company v. Pou

204 So.2d 155 (1967)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, a corp. and Sidney M. Steverson

v.

Jimmy POU.

No. 44582.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 30, 1967.

Wilbourn, Williams & Glover, Meridian, for appellants.

Laurel G. Weir, Philadelphia, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice:

This is an appeal by Shell Oil Company and Sidney M. Steverson from a judgment for $15,000 recovered against them by Jimmy Pou in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County as actual and punitive damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in a motor vehicle collision.

Among other grounds assigned for reversal, appellants…