Myrick v. Holifield

This case originated in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi. The appellee, Henry O’Neal Holifield, charged in his declaration that appellants J. P. Myrick and Willis M. Huff were guilty of negligence which proximately caused certain personal injuries. The appellee’s proof was submitted to the jury, and it awarded a judgment of $10,-000 thereon. In the appellee’s declaration and bill of particulars, in response to appellant’s motion, the negligence ascribed to appellant Myrick, the admitted agent and servant of Huff, was to the effect that Myrick…