Legal Opinion
Daves v. Reed
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1969No. 45321PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
222 So.2d 411 (1969)
Upton DAVES
v.
Joe W. REED.
No. 45321.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 21, 1969.
Campbell, DeLong, Keady & Robertson, Greenville, for appellant.
Jacobs, Griffith & Hatcher, Cleveland, for appellee.
ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.
This tort action originated in the Circuit Court for the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County. It involves questions of whether the doctrines of assumption of risk and intervening cause preclude any liability by defendant-appellant, Upton Daves, to plaintiff-appellee, Joe W. Reed. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Reed for $20,000. The Circuit…
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