Concannon, Administrator v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This was an action brought by plaintiff (appellant) D. O. Concannon, administrator of the estate of M. Z. Hall, Jr., a deceased farm laborer, against deceased’s employer, Ross Taylor, defendant (appellee), for damages for personal injuries and wrongful death. The case was tried to a jury, which returned its general and special verdict in defendant’s favor.

The facts in the instant case are not in dispute. The defendant is the only living eyewitness to the tragedy. The death of the employee resulted a few days after the occurrence of an…