CHAMBLISS v. BRINTON

No. 5-1634.

317 S.W.2d 143 (1958)

Elbert CHAMBLISS and Victor Metal Products Corp., Appellants, v. Claude B. BRINTON, Special Administrator of the Estate of Harley Shirrell, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barrett, Wheatley, Smith & Deacon, Jonesboro, for appellants.

McCourtney, Brinton, Gibbons & Segars, Jonesboro, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

A tractor-trailer truck belonging to Victor Metal Products Corporation and driven by Elbert Chambliss ran into a pick-up truck owned and driven by Harley Shirrell. Five or six hours later Shirrell felt "knocked out all over," two or three hours later he suffered pains and was unable to move his legs, and 14 days later he died. A special administrator of Shirrell's estate sued, and recovered judgment against, Chambliss and the said corporation for several...

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