Fruehauf Corp. v. TRUSTEES OF FIRST, ETC.

387 So.2d 106 (1980)

FRUEHAUF CORPORATION

v.

TRUSTEES OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

No. 52089.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 27, 1980.

Watkins & Eager, Michael W. Ulmer, Jackson, for appellant.

Holcomb, Dunbar, Connell, Merkel, Tollison & Khayat, John H. Cocke, Clarksdale, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and LEE, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Strict liability in tort was the basis of the action of the Trustees of the First United Methodist Church (plaintiff herein) against appellant Fruehauf Corporation. Another defendant, James R. Ashcraft, an individual, was jointly…