Vines v. Southwestern Mississippi Electric Power Ass'n

*123Gillespie, J.

This suit was brought under the wrongful death statute by the surviving heirs of Richard Vines, deceased, wherein the plaintiffs below, appellants here, sought damages for the alleged wrongful death of the said Richard Vines, deceased. The lower court directed a verdict for defendant below, appellee here, and appellants appeal to this Court.

We state the facts in the light most favorable to appellants against whom the directed verdict was entered by the lower court.

The Stanton-Church Hill road, a state highway, runs in a southerly direction in Jefferson County. At the place where…