UNITED STATES STEEL CO. v. BUTLER

6 Div. 461.

69 So.2d 685 (1953)

UNITED STATES STEEL CO. v. BUTLER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burr, McKamy, Moore & Tate and Jas. R. Forman Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Bryan Chancey, Birmingham, for appellee.


SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an action of trespass on the case by appellee suing as personal representative of Captain Butler, deceased, under the homicide statute, against appellant for wrongfully causing the death of her intestate. The deceased was shot and killed by two employees of appellant.

Right to a reversal is rested on two propositions: First, that the defendant was entitled to a directed verdict or the affirmative charge; and second, the verdict was...

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