KING v. DUDLEY

No. 47334.

286 So.2d 814 (1973)

Margretta Vaughn Lee KING et al. v. J.J. "Jud" DUDLEY and L.C. Glaspie.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Chandler, Calhoun City, Cliff R. Easley, Jr., Bruce, for appellants.

Threadgill & Smith, Columbus, Henry L. Lackey, Calhoun City, for appellees.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

This is a suit by the next of kin of Franklin Dennis Lee, deceased, (plaintiffs) against J.J. Dudley and L.C. Glaspie (defendants) to recover for the alleged wrongful death of Franklin Dennis Lee. At the close of the plaintiffs' case, the court sustained defendants' motion for a directed verdict. Judgment was entered for the defendants, and plaintiffs appealed.

Dudley operated a pulpwood yard in the town of Bruce, where he purchased...

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