Long v. Magnolia Hotel Co.

This case is before us on appeal by Mrs. Amelia Long, plaintiff in the court below, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Warren County in favor of the Magnolia Hotel Company and M. T. Reed Construction Company, defendants, in an action for damages for the negligent destruction of a cafe building owned by the plaintiff and located on a lot adjoining an 11-story hotel building owned by the Magnolia Hotel Company in the City of Vicksburg, while the defendants were engaged in making repairs to the hotel building.

The record shows that the plaintiff was the owner of a lot and a restaurant…