Mizell v. Cauthen

The plaintiff below has appealed to this Court from an adverse judgment of the Circuit Court of Adams County. The jury therein returned a verdict of “not guilty” to the plaintiff’s suit for damages as the result of injuries received by him when a large tree fell upon the truck in which he was sitting on South Canal Street in the city of Natchez on January 9, 1962.

South Canal Street is a busy public thoroughfare. The abutting land on the west side thereof is several feet higher than that situated on the east side. The home of the defendant is on the west side of this street. A live pin oak…