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CANNON v. JONES

No. 51495.

377 So.2d 1055 (1979)

Carrie Bell CANNON, Individually and on Behalf of the Next of Kin of Rubin Cannon, Deceased, v. Robbie JONES d/b/a Jones Flying Service and Bobbie Joe Chaney.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fraiser, Burgoon, Henson & Abraham, John J. Fraiser, Jr., Jon M. Barnwell, Greenwood, for appellant.

Upshaw & Ladner, James E. Upshaw, Greenwood, for appellee.

Before SMITH, WALKER and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

An airplane, being used in applying herbicides to a rice crop, struck and killed flagman Rubin Cannon. His mother, Carrie Bell Cannon, individually and on behalf of his next of kin, filed suit in the Circuit Court of LeFlore County against airplane pilot Bobbie Joe Chaney, and Robbie Jones d/b/a Jones Flying Service, for whom Chaney was piloting the airplane. The jury, by a nine to three verdict, exonerated Chaney and Jones (defendants...

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