EATON v. BASS

Nos. 11959, 11960.

214 F.2d 896 (1954)

EATON et al. v. BASS et al. WOODEN v. HOOVER MOTOR EXPRESS CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

August 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin Mitchell, Dalton, Ga. (Douglas W. Mitchell, Jr., Dalton, Ga., W. W. Mitchell, Memphis, Tenn., Gus A. Wood, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellants.

Alvin O. Moore, Chattanooga, Tenn. (Silas Williams, Jr., Spears, Reynolds, Moore & Rebman, Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief), for appellees.

Before ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and STARR, District Judge.


MILLER, Circuit Judge.

These two actions, in which separate plaintiffs sought damages from the same defendants by reason of an automobile accident in Whitfield County, Georgia, were heard together in the District Court. Following jury verdicts in favor of the defendants in each action, upon which judgments were entered, the plaintiffs filed these separate appeals.

The accident occurred about 2:00 a. m. on December 13, 1951 on U. S. Highway No. 41, which is...

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