Hattiesburg Butane Gas Company v. Griffin

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit entered in the Circuit Court of Forrest County in a personal injury suit filed by the appellee, Queener Bell Griffin, against the appellant, Hattiesburg Butane Gas Company, Inc. The two questions presented for decision are whether the judgment of the lower court is appealable as a “final judgment” within the meaning of Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 1147 (1956), and if so, whether the trial court committed error in allowing appellee to take a voluntary nonsuit under Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section '1538…