Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. Shirey

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

The sole question on this appeal is whether the Trial Court was in error in refusing to direct a verdict for the appellant.

The appellee, Mrs. Ethel Shirey, as administratrix of the estate of her husband W. E. Shirey, filed action against Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corporation (hereinafter called “Olin”), seeking to hold Olin liable for the negligent acts of L. C. Lester, the driver of the truck that killed'W. E. Shirey. -Lester was hauling a truck load of pulpwood -timber from-'Olin’s -land in South Arkansas to the International Paper Company in Louisiana when…