McCOWAT-MERCER PRINTING CO. v. TAYLOR

No. 8394.

115 F.2d 868 (1940)

McCOWAT-MERCER PRINTING CO. v. TAYLOR.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 4, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. G. Timberlake and John Heiskell, both of Jackson, Tenn., (Barham & Heiskell and W. G. Timberlake, all of Jackson, Tenn., and Winchester & Bearman, of Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

H. C. Murchison, of Jackson, Tenn. (Joe C. Davis, of Lexington, Tenn., and David P. Murray and Murchison & Manheim, all of Jackson, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HICKS, SIMONS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HICKS, Circuit Judge.

McCowat-Mercer Printing Company appealed from a judgment against it in favor of Perry Taylor, administrator, for the death of his intestate, Floyd Taylor, who fell through the shaft of an elevator in appellant's building and was killed.

Appellant challenged the denial of a directed verdict upon the grounds, — (1) that the undisputed evidence proved that Taylor was a licensee upon its premises and that there was no evidence that...

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