Wilson v. Smith

Suit below was by Billy J. Wilson, as administrator of the estate of his deceased father, C. D. Wilson, against James R. Smith and Rufus Ray Byrd, to recover damages for the death of C. D. Wilson, who died as a result of injuries received while driving an automobile involved in a collision with a chicken truck being driven by the defendant, Rufus Ray Byrd, hauling chickens belonging to the defendant, James R. Smith, who had the truck leased from one Lacey Clay. The collision occurred on U. S. Highway 43, about four miles north of the City of Russellville in Franklin County, Alabama.

The suit…