HOLLINGHEAD v. CARTER OIL COMPANY

No. 15349.

221 F.2d 920 (1955)

James D. HOLLINGHEAD, Appellant, v. The CARTER OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. B. Montgomery, P. Z. Jones, Jackson, Miss., Franklin Evans, Butler, Ala., Barnett, Jones & Montgomery, Jackson, Miss., of counsel, for appellant.

P. H. Eager, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Forrest M. Darrough, Harry L. Arnold, Tulsa, Okl., Watkins & Eager, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court sustaining the defendant's motion for summary judgment in an action by appellant for the wrongful death of his fifteen year old son.

The facts are relatively simple, and we find that the trial judge correctly decided that there was no genuine issue of fact established by the pleadings and affidavits and the summary judgment was proper.

Plaintiff's son, Obie Hollinghead, a youth...

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