Wilson v. Kirkwood

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The appellant, Mrs. A. M. Wilson, tripped over the horizontal portion of a penny weighing scale extending out on a public sidewalk in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and injured herself. She brought suit in the Circuit Court of Forrest County against appellees, C. L. Kirkwood, d/b/a Kirkwood Scales Company, the owner of the scales; James D. Faughn, d/b/a The Recreation Center, in front of whose business establishment the weighing scales were placed; and The City of Hattiesburg.

At the close of the plaintiff’s case, the court sustained motions for directed verdicts for all…