Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Williamson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 1939No. 33625PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtG-riffiith, J.

If we were to take some two or three of the responses by the appellant to leading or suggestive questions by his attorney and consider them as if detached from his entire testimony, and from the facts which are undisputed, it might be deemed that there was enough in some of his responses, so made, to take the case to the jury. The general rule is, however, that in determining whether the evidence make a real and substantial issue of fact, the whole of the evidence in behalf of the party who insists that it is sufficient to go to the jury, together with the undisputed facts, and not merely…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Justice v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. LamensdorfMississippi Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Alabama Great Southern Ry. Co. v. DaniellMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Mobile & O. R. Co. v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1932

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Jakup v. Lewis Grocer Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. CrawfordMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
  3. Truckers Exchange Bank v. ConroyMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Brown Oil Tools, Inc. v. SchmidtMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Gulf, Mobile & Northern R. v. WeldyMississippi Supreme Court · 1943

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