Harry Dole Dodge of Pascagoula, Inc. v. Rowell

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

The appellee, Melvin A. Rowell, obtained a judgment against appellant, Harry Dole Dodge of Pascagoula, Inc., in a suit for the value of a 1968 Dodge automobile left with the appellant automobile company to be repaired. The automobile was totally destroyed by a tidal wave engendered by hurricane Camille on the night of August 17, 1969. It was the contention of the ap-pellee that appellant had warning to the effect that a windstorm of terrific wind velocity would strike the mainland on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and that it was the duty of the appellant automobile…