Jones v. Alden Mills

The appellant, Bernard M. Jones, instituted this suit in the circuit court of Lauderdale county against the Alden Mills and Mayfield Burroughs, an employee of the Alden Mills, seeking to recover damages for per-* sonal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of an assault and battery committed by the said Burroughs upon the appellant while he was rightfully upon the premises of the Alden Mills.

The declaration alleged, among other things, that on or about the 26th day of April, 1924, and for a long time prior thereto, the defendant Mayfield Burroughs was employed by the defendant…