Gordon v. CHC CORPORATION

236 So.2d 733 (1970)

Jennie Lee GORDON

v.

C.H.C. CORPORATION.

No. 45865.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 8, 1970.

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for appellant.

Brewer, Luckett & Shackelford, Clarksdale, for appellee.

INZER, Justice.

Appellant, Jennie Lee Gordon, brought suit in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County against C.H.C. Corporation seeking to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of her ten-year old son, Franklin Boyd Gordon. The declaration charged that the defendant corporation owned and operated a motel in the City of Clarksdale known by the trade name "Holiday Inn" and in connection…