BIGGART v. TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION CORP.

No. 45759.

235 So.2d 443 (1970)

J.A. BIGGART et al. v. TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION CORP. and Brown & Root, Inc.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett, Montgomery, McClintock & Cunningham, Jackson, for appellants.

Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, for appellees.


RODGERS, Justice:

This appeal is from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, involving a tort suit for the death of Jatt O. Biggart. On July 22, 1967, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern) was doing excavation work on its gas pipeline ditch in Copiah County, Mississippi, through its contractors, Brown & Root, Inc., and River Construction Corporation. Brown & Root, Inc., was in charge of the engineering...

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