Massey v. Payne

Hatcher, Judge :

The plaintiff’s decedent, French Massey, was electrocuted on the night of January 19, 1929, and in this action she recovered a judgment for damages therefor in the circuit court, against W. D. Payne and Virginia Payne, as Trustees, under the will of J. M. Payne, deceased. Massey’s death occurred on a tract of 853 acres which had been leased and operated for coal by Boomer Coal & Coke Company prior to January 1, 1929, but which had reverted to the landlords on that date. In recognition of that reversion, the landlords appointed an agent who was in possession on and after the…