Gentry ex rel. Gentry v. Ferrill

BROOM, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of George County, Mississippi, in which the jury returned a verdict against appellee Maxwell Howell, who had been sued by appellee J. R. Ferrill. In the suit the appellant Gentry was also a co-defendant to appellee Howell. After the jury found for the appellant and against his co-defendant Howell, the court set aside the verdict and entered judgment against both the appellant Gentry and the appellee Howell. We reverse in part, reinstate the jury verdict against appellee Howell only, and modify judgment accordingly.

The appellant was…