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ENGINEERING SERVICE CO., INC. v. MINOR

No. 49472.

346 So.2d 916 (1977)

ENGINEERING SERVICE COMPANY, INC. v. Carrie MINOR.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watkins & Eager, Hassell H. Whitworth, George R. Fair, Jackson, for appellant.

Wells, Tipton & Blalock, T.D. Blalock, Natchez, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

The action arose as a result of a fall suffered by Carrie Minor while she was visiting the home of her mother on July 28, 1970. Mrs. Minor alleges that agents of the defendant, Engineering Service Company, Inc., negligently stretched a metal tape or chain across her mother's porch while they were conducting a survey on the land. The first trial in the Circuit Court of Adams County resulted in a mistrial because the jury failed to agree...

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