Hawkins v. City of Natchez

This is a damage suit filed by the heirs-at-law of James Lee Hawkins, deceased, against the City of Natchez, Mississippi, in the Circuit Court of Adams County, Mississippi. The defendant filed an answer, and a jury trial was had, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, the City of Natchez. Appellants made a motion for a new trial, and from an adverse judgment, the case has been appealed to this Court.

The evidence introduced shows that on July 26, 1959, about 11 o’clock A. M. on a rainy day, the intestate, James Lee Hawkins, a child of four years of age, went with his…