Estridge v. Hanna

Mrs. Edna Estridge brought suit in the city court of Thomasville, against K. C. Hawthorne of Grady County and L. S. Crosby and H. M. Hanna of Thomas County. The plaintiff alleged that she was the widow of W-. H. Estridge, who died on March 22, 1935, as the result of gunshot wounds inflicted by Hawthorne; that for several months before that date Hawthorne was employed by Hanna as a special game warden on Hanna’s plantation, and Crosby was employed by Hanna as superintendent and manager of the plantation, with supervision over Hawthorne and other employees on the plantation; that the duties of…