LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT SERVICE v. GIBSON

No. 15037.

217 F.2d 730 (1954)

LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT SERVICE, Inc., v. Victor D. GIBSON.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emory Cantey, Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, David O. Belew, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellant.

G. C. Spillers, G. C. Spillers, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., Edward C. Fritz, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, HOLMES, Circuit Judge, and ALLRED, District Judge.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought by plaintiff, a test pilot in the employ of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, the suit was for personal injuries received by him in the crash at Carswell Air Force Base of a B-29 aircraft belonging to the United States Government, which defendant, under sub-contract with the "Corporation", had undertaken to repair and prepare for a flight to the Air Force Base at Marietta, Georgia.

The claim was that the defendant was negligent...

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