WILLIAMS v. CARR

No. 77-242.

565 S.W.2d 400 (1978)

Annie WILLIAMS, Individually and as administratrix et al., Appellants, v. Fondville L. CARR and Powell Brothers Gin and Land Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hale, Fogleman & Rogers, West Memphis, J. B. Cobb, Memphis, Tenn., for appellants.

Rieves, Rieves & Shelton, West Memphis, Reid, Burge & Prevallet, Blytheville, for appellees.


HOWARD, Justice.

The question presented for review is whether the jury's verdict is sustained by substantial evidence which found that the decedents and appellee, Fondville L. Carr, were equally guilty of negligence in the same degree, thus resulting in the dismissal of the wrongful death actions instituted by the personal representatives of the decedents.

FACTS

On October 22, 1974, at approximately 12:15 a. m., decedents, Vera Walker Joyner and...

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