Conn's Adm'r v. Shields

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

Bobert Conn was drowned in Licking Biver, probably on the night of March 17, 1942. His administrator has prosecuted an action for damages for his death against Paul B. Shields, doing business as the Shields Construction Company. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

Conn was a farmer and worker in timber, living in the vicinity of Cranston, in the northern part of Eowan County. On that day he had gone to Morehead with a load of cross ties. Between five and .six o’clock in the afternoon he appeared…