SMITH v. ESTATE OF GILBERT

No. 56,005.

498 So.2d 823 (1986)

Roosevelt SMITH, Individually as Representative and Administrator of the Estate of Rosie Lee Smith, a/k/a Rosie Lee Shorter, a/k/a Rosie Lee Jones v. ESTATE OF Louis S. GILBERT, III, Deceased, and Frank Foster, Administrator.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyree Irving, Walls, Buck & Irving, Greenville, for appellant.

Andrew N. Alexander, III, Lake, Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, Greenville, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

The estate of Rosie Lee Smith, a/k/a Rosie Lee Shorter, a/k/a Rosie Lee Jones, appeals from a directed verdict and judgment entered thereon in the circuit court of Coahoma County against the estate of Louis S. Gilbert, III, arising out of the head-on motor vehicle accident in that county. Finding sufficient evidence was adduced to survive such motion, we reverse and remand for trial.

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