Mercier v. Davis

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

Albert L. Mercier, hereinafter plaintiff, brought suit against Katharine Armstrong Davis and L. F. Allen, Sr., in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for personal injuries allegedly sustained in a three car accident. The jury returned a verdict for both defendants and judgment was entered accordingly. Therefrom plaintiff appealed to this Court. The case is reversed because of errors in the jury instructions.

A lengthy line of traffic was proceeding in an easterly direction on U. S. Highway 90, which at a point west of Bay St. Louis in Hancock County, Mississippi,…