Cooper Ex Rel. Estate of Cooper v. Diesel Service, Inc.

496 S.W.2d 383 (1973)

Willie COOPER, Special Administrator of the Estate of Eddie James Cooper, Deceased, Appellant,

v.

DIESEL SERVICE, INC. and Chess Williams, Appellees.

No. 73-61.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 2, 1973.

Bon McCourtney & Associates by Troy L. Henry, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Rieves & Rieves by Donald A. Forrest, West Memphis, for appellees.

HARRIS, Chief Justice.

Eddie James Cooper, age six, drowned on May 13, 1972, in an artificially constructed pond located on property owned by appellees in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Appellant, Willie Cooper, as Special Administrator of the…