Billups Petroleum Co. v. Entrekin

209 Miss. 302 (1950)

46 So.2d 781

BILLUPS PETROLEUM CO.

v.

ENTREKIN.

No. 37529.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, In Banc.

June 12, 1950.

White & Morse, Means Johnston, W.H. Montjoy, and M.F. Palmer, for appellant.

Mitchell & Hill, J.D. Stennis, Jr., and Carl Marshall, for appellee.

Alexander, J.

Appellee, an employee of appellant, brought suit against the latter for personal injuries suffered when an automobile driven along the highway adjacent to the filling station at which he worked skidded into the station. From a verdict and judgment for $35,000, the company appeals.

We examine first the appellant's…