LOGSDON v. HUSMANN & ROPER FREIGHT LINES

No. 12425.

227 F.2d 776 (1955)

Thurlow LOGSDON, Appellant, v. HUSMANN & ROPER FREIGHT LINES, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Wurmser, Louisville, Ky., Ben T. Cooper, Mayer, Cooper & Kiel, Louisville, Ky., on brief, for appellant.

Gladney Harville, Lexington, Ky., R. W. Keenon, John L. Davis, Lexington, Ky., on brief, for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

The jury in the District Court returned a verdict in favor of appellant suing as administratrix of the estate of her husband, and the District Court sustained appellee's motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the District Court committed reversible error in sustaining this motion.

The case arises out of an automobile accident which occurred at about 1:30 in the morning...

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