Richton Tie and Timber Co. v. Smith

Holmes, C.

Appellees 'recovered a judgment against appellant, Richton Tie and Timber Company, for $6,500 for damages resulting from the alleged negligent operation of a Ford truck, driven at the time by one A. W. Turner, in company with one Charlie Johnson, and appellant appeals from said judgment.

At the time of the incidents involved in this appeal, appellant, the Richton Tie and Timber Company, was engaged in the business of buying pulpwood, and, among other places, maintained a yard at Forest, Mississippi. In the general course of its business, and for the purpose, as it claimed, of…