Patterson v. Smith

Upon tbe trial below there was a jury verdict in favor of the defendants, John Smith and Royce Austin. Judgment was entered thereon. Plaintiff G-rady Patterson has appealed in error.

On November 12, 1960, the plaintiff Grady Patterson was severely injured when run over by a dump truck owned by defendant Eoyce Austin and being driven backward by defendant John Smith. The accident occurred at an asphalt plant near Wiggins, Mississippi. Hadley Construction Company of Humboldt, Tennessee, had the contract to blacktop certain highways in Mississippi and had constructed the asphalt plant in which…