Lilly v. J. A. Riggs Tractor Co.

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

On July 7, 1962, Roy Lilly was hilled while working for K. -S. Reece Construction Company. His death occurred while Lilly and others were endeavoring to repair a broken cable on certain earth-moving equipment, vis, a Caterpillar machine (Cat 619C). Lilly’s widow, individually, and as administratrix of the estate, instituted suit in the St. Francis Circuit Court against the J. A. Riggs Tractor Company, appellee herein, an authorized dealer for Caterpillar Tractor Company, alleging that appellee company had entered into negotiations with Reece Construction Company…