SHOWS, MINOR v. CITY OF HATTIESBURG

No. 40402.

231 Miss. 648 (1957)

97 So.2d 366

SHOWS, MINOR BY NEXT FRIEND v. CITY OF HATTIESBURG

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 14, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Berry, Jr., Joseph H. Stevens, Hattiesburg, L. Barrett Jones, Jackson, for appellants.

C.W. Sullivan, D. Gary Sutherland, Hattiesburg, for appellee.


ROBERDS, P.J.

Elton Jack Shows, a minor eight years of age, acting through L.D. Shows, his father and next friend, by his declaration in the circuit court, sought to recover a personal decree against the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for personal injuries suffered by him when he fell into a drainage ditch, or drain basin, alleged to have been maintained by the City in a negligent manner, and which negligence was the...

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