Winn v. Sampson Construction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This was an action for damages for alleged negligence in designing and constructing a grain storage elevator which resulted in a partial collapse of the structure.

The facts as disclosed by the testimony, which was necessarily extensive and highly technical, will be summarized.

In 1958, the plaintiff, James G. Winn, was named as a trustee of a profit-sharing trust which was formed for the benefit of officers, administrative and clerical employees, and salesmen of the Abilene Flour Mills Company and another related enterprise. In the summer of…