Hargrove v. Newsome

Ms. Chibe Justice Dyer

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes to this Court from the action of the trial judge in sustaining demurrers filed in answer to the declaration, dismissing the suit. In this opinion the parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court; that is, J. W. Hargrove, as plaintiff, and W. L. Newsome, dba, Materials Handling Services, and Kelley Company, Inc., as defendants, or by name.

Plaintiff is an employee of the Schrader Division of Scoville Manufacturing Company. On July 8, 1966, Schrader purchased a mechanical dock from the defendant Newsome,…