HAYLES v. JETER

1 Div. 199.

184 So.2d 363 (1966)

Riley HAYLES v. J. L. JETER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jas. R. Owen, Bay Minette, for appellant.

Wilters & Brantley, Bay Minette, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

The plaintiff sued to recover for personal injury sustained as the proximate result of defendant's negligence in discharging a firearm. Plaintiff was in his own yard. Defendant was a neighbor of plaintiff. Defendant discharged a twelvegauge shotgun using "double aught" buckshot to kill a rattlesnake. One of the buckshot struck plaintiff in the chest. As we understand the transcript, defendant testified "I guess I was the one," meaning the one person...

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