Cocke v. Taylor, Admr.

C. G. Taylor, Administrator of J. W. Anderson, instituted a suit against B. W. Cocke and son, the defendants, in the Circuit Court of Shelby county for five hundred dollars damages.

It was averred in the declaration that the plaintiff’s intestate lost his life through the negligence of the defendants, who were contractors, and who had employed plaintiff’s intestate and had failed to provide him with safe materials with which to work. The defendants filed a plea of not guilty.

It appears that after the declaration was filed the plaintiff secured the services of another attorney, who made a…