TECHE LINES v. BOYETTE

No. 9399.

111 F.2d 579 (1940)

TECHE LINES, Inc., v. BOYETTE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh V. Wall, of Brookhaven, Miss., for appellant.

Earl Brewer and William H. Hewitt, both of Jackson, Miss., and M. S. McNeil, of Hazlehurst, Miss., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The appellee secured a jury verdict in an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by her while a passenger on a bus owned and operated by appellant. The latter argues that it should have been granted the peremptory instruction requested, because (1) there was no negligence shown and (2) the verdict was contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

The accident complained of...

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