Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Kennedy

Kennedy, the appellee, sued Shell Petroleum Corporation and T. C. Houston, master and servant, respectively, for personal injuries' received by him in a collision between a car driven by appellee and a oar driven by Houston. Kennedy was traveling eastward on the public highway into Meridian, and Houston was driving westward out of Meridian. By the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court there was a substantial recovery against both defendants in favor of Kennedy, and Houston and Shell Petroleum Corporation prosecute an appeal to this court.

In view of the conclusion we have reached…