Town of Fulton v. Mize

274 So.2d 129 (1973)

The TOWN OF FULTON

v.

Paul MIZE.

No. 46989.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 5, 1973.

Mitchell, Rogers & Eskridge, Tupelo, W. Herman Camp, Fulton, for appellant.

T. Victor Bishop, Fulton, for appellee.

BROOM, Justice:

Mize, plaintiff and appellee, sued Fulton (a municipality), defendant and appellant, in the Circuit Court of Itawamba County, Mississippi, for damages related to alleged poisoning of Mize's cattle and the subsequent death of some of them. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Mize for the sum of $6,000 and Fulton appeals. We affirm.

Mize charged in his declaration…