SUGG v. HENDRIX

No. 11447.

153 F.2d 240 (1946)

SUGG v. HENDRIX.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross R. Barnett, of Jackson, Miss., and John W. Crisler, of Clarksdale, Miss., for appellant.

Edward C. Brewer, of Clarksdale, Miss., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

The main question presented by this appeal is whether or not the lower Court erred in holding, as a matter of law, that Defendant's servant was not in and about his master's business when the accident occurred.

Plaintiff was a truck driver for Standard Oil Company. Defendant was a contractor engaged in re-enforcing and raising the Mississippi River levee at a point some thirty-five miles north...

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