Vincent v. Barnhill

L. A. Smith, Sr.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

■ An action was brought in the Circuit Court of Lauder-dale County by the heirs of Billie Mitchell Barnhill, demanding damages for his death by drowning in an old vat which had been built in connection with a former bleaching plant, long since out of business, and its buildings torn down. The location was in the outskirts -of Meridian, in a field of approximately six acres. On a different part of this field, children were accustomed frequently to play baseball. Occasionally some diverted themselves around this vat, in which was impounded…