SMITH v. TIPPS ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY

No. 5-2053.

333 S.W.2d 483 (1960)

Clay SMITH, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Dan Davis, Deceased, Appellant, v. TIPPS ENGINEERING & SUPPLY COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce R. Love, Dumas, for appellant.

E. J. Butler, Jack P. West, Forrest City, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a case of first impression in Arkansas. It involves an interpretation of part of Act 315 of 1941, "The Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act."

In the summer of 1956, The Tipps Engineering & Supply Company, appellee, constructed a grain elevator near Dumas, Arkansas, for T. F. Shea, Jr. and George Cousins, d/b/a Shea and Cousins Grain Elevator. In the course of the construction, appellee installed an overhead truck hoist in...

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