· 2/2/1953
Tombigbee Electric Power Ass'n v. Gandy
Citations
- 62 So. 2d 567
- 216 Miss. 444
- 18 Adv. S. 40
- 1953 Miss. LEXIS 655
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- to support judgment, circumstantial evidence \must be such as to take the case out of the realm of conjecture and place it within the field of legitimate inference\
- even where negligence is shown, that fact alone affords no basis for the recovery of damages unless it further appears from direct evidence or reasonable inference that such negligence proximately contributed to the damage
- where testimony of witness is uncontra-dicted and he is not impeached in some manner known to the law nor contradicted by the physical facts, such testimony must be accepted
- where testimony of witness is uncontradicted and he is not impeached in some manner known to the law nor contradicted by the physical facts, such testimony must be accepted
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Judges: Hall, McGehee, Roberds, Kyle, Holmes, Arrington, Ethridge, Lotterhos, Lee
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