Houston Contracting Co. v. Atkinson

Mrs. Inez Atkinson, a resident of Leake County Mississippi, sued Houston Contracting Company, a Delaware corporation, and its employee Otis J. Ford, a resident of Louisiana, Mrs. Dean C. Moore and David L. Smith, residents of Leake County Mississippi. The declaration, simply stated, charged that Mrs. Atkinson sustained serious and permanent personal injuries as a direct and proximate result of the joint and concurrent negligence of all defendants in the operation of their motor vehicles.

Otis J. Ford and Houston Contracting Company filed a joint answer, denying that they were guilty of any…