Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Ingram

JONES, Justice:

In the Circuit Court of Neshoba County, a judgment for $3,000 was rendered against appellant in favor of appellee for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in an assault and battery. We reverse and enter judgment for appellant.

The declaration charged that appellee was assaulted on the streets of the City of Philadelphia, Mississippi, by an employee of Sears, Roebuck and Company acting in the scope and course of his employment. We quote from the declaration:

That plaintiff charges that all of his injuries with the attendant damages, as aforesaid, are the direct and…