Shurley v. Hoskins

271 So.2d 439 (1973)

Price SHURLEY

v.

S.T. HOSKINS.

No. 46763.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 2, 1973.

Statham & Watkins, Magnolia, for appellant.

Roach & McMillan, John Gordon Roach, Jr., McComb, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

On or about April 8, 1969, Price E. Shurley of McComb, Mississippi, and S.T. "Red" Hoskins of the same city were hunting turkeys in Amite County, Mississippi, some eleven (11) miles south of McComb, Mississippi. The two men entered a wooded area some time prior to dawn and proceeded in a northerly direction along a fire-break for approximately three-eighths…