Batey v. Greenwood Floral Co.

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

William Batey, while working as an employee of the Greenwood Floral Company, was killed as the result of being crushed against a wall of one of the company’s buildings, by a motortruck, while backing for the purpose of unloading dirt therefrom, to be used by the company in connection with its floral business. Henry Lynn, another employee of the company, was driver of the truck, and he and the deceased and Joe Batey, brother of deceased, were employed to procure and haul the dirt from another locality and dump it near the company’s office building. It was unloaded by…