Lee v. Chumley Lumber Company

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

This wrongful death action was brought by the widow and children of John D. Lee who was killed on December 26, 1966 in a motor vehicle collision. The defendants were Chumley Lumber Company and its driver, Paul Wayne Chumley, and also Whitney Truck Lines, Whitney Trucking Co. and Milton J. Whitney (hereinafter referred to as “Whitney”). Before the jury selection began the trial court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a non-suit as to Chumley Lumber Co., and its driver, Paul Wayne Chumley. After a trial before a jury the trial court, on the defendant Whitney’s motion,…