HOLLAND v. COOPER

No. 13752.

192 F.2d 214 (1951)

HOLLAND et ux. v. COOPER et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Wilson Smith, Jr., Gainesville, Ga., for appellant.

A. C. Wheeler, Gainesville, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and STRUM, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Federal jurisdiction in this case depends solely upon diversity of citizenship between the parties. The action arose, in Georgia, out of a collision between two automobiles; and the liability of the appellee is predicated solely upon the doctrine of respondeat superior. Our decision under that doctrine is governed by the laws of the State of Georgia. At the conclusion of the evidence, the trial court sustained the motion of appellee for...

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