Cornish v. McCoy

The appellee Floyd McCoy, as plaintiff, recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County against the appellant, W. H. Cornish, doing business as Cornish Lumber Company, defendant in the court below, in an action for damages for the negligent injury and wrongful death of the appellee’s son, Frank McCoy, an employee of the appellant; and from the judgment the appellant prosecutes his appeal.

The record shows that the deceased, Frank McCoy, was burned to death on October 29, 1952, when a lumber truck in which he was riding and which was owned by the appellant and was being operated…