Coffee County Commission v. Smith

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Coffee County Commission from the trial court’s denial of its motion to alter, amend, or vacate, or in the alternative, for a new trial.

In May of 1980, Michael Smith purchased a Massey Ferguson combine from H & H Equipment Company in order to do custom combining for the general public. On October 24, 1982, Harvey Hall, an employee of Smith, was driving the combine as he returned from a combining job. Hall approached a wooden bridge in Coffee County on a dirt road known as the Moates *1195Road, near U.S. Highway 84. After he had traveled approximately…