Sturdivant v. Crosby Lbr. & Mfg. Co.

The issue is whether on demurrer the declaration can be said to charge that the events combining to cause decedent’s death were reasonably foreseeable by the defendant-actor.

This action was brought in the Circuit Court of Wilkinson County by the widow and six children of William Griffin Sturdivant, deceased. The summary of facts hereinafter made represents those averred in the amended declaration to which a demurrer was sustained. Sturdivant at the time of his death was fifty-eight years of age and was employed by the Crosby Lumber and Manufacturing Company, which operated a large lumber mill…