PITTMAN v. MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 50861.

368 So.2d 238 (1979)

Mrs. Tellas Mae PITTMAN et al. v. MISSISSIPPI POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Trusty, Thomas W. Belleperche, Batesville, for appellants.

Wise, Carter, Child, Steen & Caraway, Natie P. Caraway, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, WALKER and LEE, JJ.


WALKER, Justice, for the Court.

The wife and children of Alfred Pittman, deceased, filed this wrongful death suit against Mississippi Power and Light Company in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County. After trial, the jury returned a verdict for the Power Company.

Plaintiffs' deceased, Alfred Pittman, was killed by the fall of a utility pole while bushhogging the adjacent area on a tractor. The evidence indicated that the tractor or bushhog came into contact with...

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