Legal Opinion

Billups Petroleum Co. v. Entrekin

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 12, 1950No. 37529PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*307Alexander, J.

Appellee, an employee of appellant, brought suit against the latter for personal injuries suffered when an automobile driven along the highway adjacent to the filling station at which he worked skidded into the station. From a verdict and judgment for $35,000, the company appeals.

We examine first the appellant’s assignments of error directed to the refusal of its requested peremptory instruction and to the insufficiency of evidence to sustain the verdict.

The company operates a filling station along the southern side of Highway 90 in the town of Ocean *308Springs. Two montlis prior to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lynch v. FisherLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1947
  2. Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. BloodworthMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Public Service Corp. v. WattsMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  4. National Refining Co. v. BatteMississippi Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Russell v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1933

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. PhillipsAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Carl McCulloch and Nora Dell McCulloch Cross-Appellants v. Thomas Glasgow, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. American Creosote Works of La. v. HarpMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Matthews v. ThompsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Southland Management Co. v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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