Dickey v. Parham

This appeal arose out of a wrongful death action brought under Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 1453 (Supp. 1972) [Mississippi Code Annotated section 11-7-13 (Supp. 1973)] and was begun in the Chancery Court of Lee County as a non-resident attachment.

The mother, Nellie Dickey, brought the action on behalf of herself, two daughters and a son, all being the statutory beneficiaries of a deceased son, Lee Russell Dickey, against Hillard T. Parham, driver of a forty-five foot tractor-trailer truck, his employer, Bud Eaton, and others who are no longer parties to the case.

At the conclusion…