Griffin v. Gladden

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The Defendant, A. D. Griffin, has appealed to this Court from the $20,000 judgment rendered in the Circuit Court of Adams County, Mississippi, in favor of the Plaintiff, Mrs. Velma Gladden, for personal injuries and property damage sustained by her when defendant drove his automobile into the rear of plaintiff’s automobile on the Mississippi River Bridge between Natchez, Mississippi, and Vidalia, Louisiana.

About 3:45 P.M. on August 27, 1964, a clear and dry day, the plaintiff drove her Oldsmobile automobile on to the Mississippi River Bridge headed west for Vidalia,…