Legal Opinion

Kennedy v. Little

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 12, 1941No. 34539PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

The appellee was employed by the appellant to fire the boilers of the engines in his manufacturing plant, and this appeal is from a judgment for damages from a personal injury caused him, as the jury found, by negligence of the appellant’s foreman.

The only assignments of error argued by counsel for the appellant are that the court below erred (1) in not granting his request for a directed verdict; and (2) in not setting the verdict aside on the ground that it is ■against the great weight of the evidence.

According to the appellee, he was injured while obeying an order of the appellant’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Avery v. CollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
  2. Rayl v. ThurmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  3. Lee County Gin Co. v. MiddlebrooksMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Yazoo City v. LogginsMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Mitchell v. FinleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1931

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Catholic Diocese of Natchez-Jackson v. JaquithMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Redmond v. State Ex Rel. Attorney-GeneralMississippi Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Tighe v. CrosthwaitMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Dobbins v. VannCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008
  5. Shearron v. ShearronMississippi Supreme Court · 1953

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