Ford v. Pythian Bondholders Protective Committee

David J. Ford, as plaintiff, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County against the Pythian Bondholders Protective Committee and others, defendants, for damages for personal injuries. The case was tried at the June 1953 term of the court, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled; and from the judgment rendered in favor of the defendants the plaintiff has prosecuted this appeal.

The declaration alleged and the proof showed, that the plaintiff was the manager of the Meridian branch office of the Monroe'…