CHAPMAN & DEWEY LUMBER CO. v. HANKS

No. 7800.

106 F.2d 482 (1939)

CHAPMAN & DEWEY LUMBER CO. v. HANKS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. E. Gwinn, of Memphis, Tenn. (King & King, W. Chapman Dewey, and L. E. Gwinn, all of Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

W. P. Armstrong, of Memphis, Tenn., and C. T. Carpenter, of Marked Tree, Ark. (C. T. Carpenter, of Marked Tree, Ark., and Walter P. Armstrong and Benj. Goodman, Jr., both of Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HICKS, SIMONS and ARANT, Circuit Judges.


HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Suit for damages for personal injuries. Verdict and judgment for $15,000.00.

Appellant complains: (1) Of the denial of a directed verdict; (2) of errors in the charge and the court's refusal to submit certain requests to the jury; (3) errors in the admission and exclusion of evidence; (4) the excessiveness of the verdict; (5) prejudicial argument; and (6) an abuse of the court's discretion in overruling certain grounds of the motion for...

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