Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Sumner Gin Co.

On a declaration for damages for negligently setting fire to and burning the gin plant of appellee, the Sumner Gin Company, there was rendered against appellant, on the verdict of a jury, judgment for ten thousand, seven hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, from which an appeal is prosecuted to this court.

The declaration is in three counts. The first count averred ownership of the gin plant by the appellee, the Sumner Gin Company, and a lease of its gin plant to the Mississippi Power & Light Company, the appellant, for "the erection of a generator and the operation of…