Walton v. Given

Caplan, Justice:

In the circumstances revealed by the record of the proceedings resulting in this appeal the principal issue to be resolved is whether the defendant, Price Meyers Corporation, properly could be charged with negligence resulting in the damage complained of by the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Braxton County in an action instituted by Lonnie Walton against O. L. Given and Ferris K. Brady, doing business as B & G Mobile Homes, and Price Meyers Corporation. In that action the plaintiff sought recovery of…