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DEWBERRY v. CARTER

No. 45141.

218 So.2d 27 (1969)

Lon DEWBERRY, d/b/a Reform Lumber Company, Employer and Security Insurance Group, Carrier v. Abbie CARTER and Ruben Daniel Carter, Dependents of Ruben Carter, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Threadgill & Smith, Columbus, for appellant.

Pyles & Tucker, Eaves & Eaves, Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice:

Ruben Carter, employed as a fireman by Reform Lumber Company, was shot and killed by Early B. McMullen, not a fellow-employee, about 1 a.m., June 5, 1966, on a public road, Old Highway 15, which road runs in a northerly direction through the property of Reform Lumber Company.

The boiler room of the lumber company, where Carter worked firing the boiler, was on the east side of the road and just a few feet from it. McMullen pleaded guilty...

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