Crowson v. Bridges

In the year 1952, E. O. Crowson, a citizen of Winston County and a building contractor, was engaged in the construction of a dwelling house in Macon, Mississippi. Otis Bridges was a painter and Crowson employed Bridges to do the painting on this house and to engage other painters to assist him. Bridges lived in Winston County and the helpers which he employed apparently lived in Winston County. Crowson agreed to pay Bridges $1.65 per hour for his work and to furnish all materials used and to pay the wages of all helpers on the job and also to pay Bridges $4 per day for the use of his pickup…