City of Jackson v. Brummett

This is a suit against a municipality for its alleged negligence in parking and tying down an airplane at its airport, as a result of which the plane was damaged when the ropes securing it broke during a heavy wind and the plane turned over.

Appellant, City of Jackson, owns and operates the Jackson Municipal Airport, known as Hawkins Field. The City equipped, and maintains and operates the airport under the authority of Code of 1942, Sec. 7538. Appellee, Mrs. Gladys Roper Brummett, plaintiff below, owned a Cessna Model No. 170 airplane, which she parked at the airport. The manager of the…