Smith v. Tipps Engineering & Supply Co.

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is a case of first impression in Arkansas. It involves an interpretation of part of Act 315 of 1941, ‘ ‘ The Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act.”

In the summer of 1956, The Tipps Engineering & Supply Company, appellee, constructed a grain elevator near Dumas, Arkansas, for T. F. Shea, Jr. and George Cousins, d/b/a Shea and Cousins Grain Elevator. In the course of the construction, appellee installed’ an overhead truck hoist in the elevator which was for the purpose of lifting the front ends of trucks to facilitate unloading.

In December 1957, Dan…