Legal Opinion

Cochran v. Peeler

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 25, 1950No. 37545PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.

Jack Cochran, a minor, by his next friend, sued S. J. Peeler and others to recover for serious personal injuries sustained by him allegedly on account of the negligence of the defendants. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendants, and Cochran has appealed here.

The errors assigned on this appeal are the granting of four instructions to the defendants, which instructions are unnumbered, but which we designate as (A), (B), (C), and (D), and are as follows:

(A) “The Court instructs the Jury for the defendants that under the law of the State of Mississippi, a person riding a bicycle shall not…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mississippi City Lines, Inc. v. BullockMississippi Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Triplett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1934

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
  2. MOAK v. BlackMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
  3. American Creosote Works, Inc. v. Rose Bros.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1951
  4. McCollum v. RandolphMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Murchison v. SykesMississippi Supreme Court · 1955

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