Pongetti v. Spraggins
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtKyle, J.
This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, J. V. Pongetti, when his automobile, which was being driven by the plaintiff on H. S. Highway No. 61 a few miles north of Clarksdale, collided with a calf owned by the defendant, C. A. Spraggins.' At the conclusion of the testimony the court granted a peremptory instruction for the defendant, and judgment was entered in favor of the defendant. Prom that judgment the plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.
The facts proved upon the hearing are simple and undisputed. The accident occurred on the night of September 9, 1951,…
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