National Dairy Products Co. v. Jumper

The principal question pertains to the measure of damages for loss of use of a commercial vehicle. Appellees, H. G. Jumper and James L. Jumper, brought this suit in the Chancery Court of Tippah County against appellant, National Dairy Products Corporation, seeking damages for injury to their tractor-trailer unit, resulting from a collision between the tractor and a cow owned by the corporation. The suit was based on a claim that defendant negligently maintained its fences, and, as the proximate result, the cow escaped from the field and walked in front of the tractor at night. Under Miss.…