City of Bay St. Louis v. Johnston

222 So.2d 841 (1969)

CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS

v.

Huey P. JOHNSTON.

No. 45197.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 14, 1969.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1969.

Bryan & Gordon, Harry R. Allen, Pascagoula & Gulfport, for appellant.

Gex, Gex & Phillips, Bay St. Louis, Walter J. Gex, III, Satterfield, Shell, Williams & Buford, Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

Appellee, Huey Johnston, was injured in a car-truck collision on Central Avenue in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on the morning of February 8, 1965. He recovered a judgment for $20,000 against appellant, the City of Bay St. Louis, in the Circuit Court…