HINKLE v. UNION TRANSFER CO.

No. 5159.

229 F.2d 403 (1955)

Paul D. HINKLE, by his father and next friend, Roy Hinkle; and Roy Hinkle, Appellants, v. UNION TRANSFER CO., doing business as Union Freightways, a corporation; and Sterling A. Christensen, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

December 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane O. Littell, Denver, Colo. (Robert W. Mesch, Denver, Colo., was with him on the brief), for appellants.

H. Berman, Denver, Colo., for appellees.

Before BRATTON, HUXMAN, and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.


PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by a father and two sons to recover damages suffered when an automobile in which the two sons were riding, collided with the rear end of a truck traveling in the same direction. The principal questions presented by this appeal relate to instructions of the court covering contributory negligence of a passenger riding in an automobile, joint enterprise of the two occupants of the automobile, applicability of state statutes...

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