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LAWSON v. TENNESSEE, A. & G. RY. CO.

NO. 10251.

159 F.2d 65 (1947)

LAWSON v. TENNESSEE, A. & G. RY. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 13, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Berke, of Chattanooga, Tenn. (Berke & Fleming, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

Sizer Chambliss, of Chattanooga, Tenn. (Chambliss & Chambliss, of Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HICKS, SIMONS, and ALLEN, Circuit Judges.

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant complains of a directed verdict in favor of appellee. The facts are undisputed.

On July 15, 1945, at approximately 4:05 A.M., appellant's intestate, Kirk Eugene Lawson, eighteen years old, was struck and killed by a train operated by appellee; hence this suit for damages.

Appellee operated a train daily from Gadsden, Alabama, northwardly to a point in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the accident happened within the corporate...

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