STURDIVANT v. CROSBY LBR. & MFG. CO.

No. 38813.

218 Miss. 91 (1953)

65 So.2d 291

34 Adv. S. 169

STURDIVANT, et al. v. CROSBY LBR. & MFG. CO.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.L. Collins and L.C. Gwin, Natchez, for appellants.

Maxwell Bramlette, Woodville, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

The issue is whether on demurrer the declaration can be said to charge that the events combining to cause decedent's death were reasonably foreseeable by the defendant-actor.

This action was brought in the Circuit Court of Wilkinson County by the widow and six children of William Griffin Sturdivant, deceased. The summary of facts hereinafter made represents those averred in the amended declaration to...

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