Mississippi Power Co. v. Harrison

This is an appeal by the Mississippi Power Company, defendant in the court below, from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jasper County, rendered in favor of Lee Harrison, Jr., plaintiff, in an action for damages for the destruction by fire of a hatchery building and the contents thereof owned by the plaintiff, as a result of the negligence of the defendant power company. The plaintiff claimed a total loss in the amount of $78,496.50. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $68,496.50, and judgment was entered for that amount.

The amended declaration…