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STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY v. SHEPPARD

No. 8838.

148 F.2d 363 (1945)

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY v. SHEPPARD.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided April 2, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis M. Denit, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. A. Leckie Cox and Thomas S. Jackson, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Alfred M. Schwartz, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. A. Arvin Lynn, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before MILLER, EDGERTON, and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action for wrongful death. Appellee's intestate was killed by a collision, in Maryland, between the car which he was driving and appellant's truck. The jury returned a verdict for $44,000 of which it allotted $30,000 to the widow, $4,000 to the mother, and $10,000 to a son. Md.Code 1939, Art. 67, § 3.

Appellant contends that there was no evidence of negligence on the part...

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