Herod v. Grant

262 So.2d 781 (1972)

Eddie Earl HEROD, Appellant-Defendant,

v.

Joseph GRANT, Appellee-Plaintiff.

No. 46670.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 22, 1972.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1972.

Crawley, Brooks & Guyton, Kosciusko, for appellant.

Liston & Upshaw, James Y. Dale, Greenwood, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County wherein the appellee was awarded $15,000 in damages for injuries received by him in falling from the appellant's truck. We reverse.

On the evening of October 24, 1969, Joseph Grant, plaintiff below, and Eddie Earl Herod,…