Legal Opinion

Dees v. Campbell

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 1966No. 43814PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

183 So.2d 624 (1966)

Mrs. Louise DEES

v.

M.E. CAMPBELL, d/b/a Red and White Food Store.

No. 43814.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 28, 1966.

George M. Simmerman, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Morse & Morse, Gulfport, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Mrs. Louise Dees, appellant, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Jackson County for the wrongful death of her husband, Wiley Dees. At the close of plaintiff's evidence, the trial court gave a peremptory instruction for M.E. Campbell. Dees fell on the parking lot of defendant's grocery store, and received a brain concussion from which he…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wallace v. JC Penny Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Daniel v. Jackson InfirmaryMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Montgomery Ward & Co. v. WindhamMississippi Supreme Court · 1944

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Read v. Southern Pine Elec. Power Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Floyd O. Crawford and Wife, Mrs. Floyd O. Crawford v. J. C. Worth and Wife, Mrs. J. C. Worth, D/B/A Worth Motor LodgeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. Aultman v. Delchamps, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Gray v. Bellsouth Telecommunication, Inc.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009
  5. Galloway v. J. C. Penney Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1970

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