Lancaster v. Lancaster
Mississippi Supreme Court
1DissentHall, J.
(Dissenting.)
I respectfully dissent from that part of the controlling opinion in this case which holds that there was a jury issue on the question whether the appellant, Bob Lancaster, was guilty of negligence which proximately contributed to appellee’s injury. My record as a member of this Court will show that I am a strict adherent to the principle that all issues of negligence are for the jury to determine, but where no negligence is shown there is nothing *551left for a jury to pass upon. The cases are legion where this Court has so held, but as precedent for this view it is unnecessary to go…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Mauney v. Gulf Refining Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1942
- Williams v. LumpkinMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
- Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. BloodworthMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
- Supreme Instruments Corp. v. LehrMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
- Billups Petroleum Co. v. EntrekinMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
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