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OLIN MATHIESON CHEMICAL CORP. v. SHIREY

No. 5-952.

291 S.W.2d 250 (1956)

OLIN MATHIESON CHEMICAL CORP., Appellant, v. Ethel SHIREY, Adm'x, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shackleford & Shackleford and J. M. Shackleford, Jr., El Dorado, Mehaffy, Smith & Williams, John T. Williams and Robert V. Light, Little Rock, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett and William I. Prewett, El Dorado, Wright, Harrison, Lindsey & Upton, Little Rock, for appellee.

McFADDIN, Justice.

The sole question on this appeal is whether the Trial Court was in error in refusing to direct a verdict for the appellant.

The appellee, Mrs. Ethel Shirey, as administratrix of the estate of her husband W. E. Shirey, filed action against Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation (hereinafter called "Olin"), seeking to hold Olin liable for the negligent acts of L. C. Lester, the driver of the truck that killed W. E. Shirey. Lester was hauling...

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