Hartford Insurance Group v. Massey

216 So.2d 415 (1968)

The HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP

v.

B.M. MASSEY.

No. 44963.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 23, 1968.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 9, 1968.

Holcomb, Curtis & Connell, George M. Fleming, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Maynard, Fitzgerald, Maynard & Bradley, Clarksdale, for appellee.

BRADY, Justice.

From a peremptory instruction granted the defendant in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi, this appeal is prosecuted.

The record discloses the following pertinent facts. On June 7, 1966, at approximately 2:00 A.M., on Highway 61 about nine miles north of…