IRVIN v. BEDFORD

No. 15176.

224 F.2d 452 (1955)

Mrs. Ethel Lucille IRVIN, individually and on behalf of the surviving children of Robert Calvin Irvin, deceased, v. William W. BEDFORD.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stovall Lowrey, Charles L. Sullivan, Clarksdale, Miss., Richard B. Booth, Aberdeen, Miss., for appellant.

Thomas Fite Paine, Aberdeen, Miss., for appellee.

Before HOLMES and BORAH, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action against defendant for the recovery of damages on account of the death of her husband Robert Calvin Irvin, who was killed in a collision between an automobile driven by decedent and a truck driven by William W. Bedford, the defendant. The complaint alleged that the collision was the result of the negligence of the defendant in operating his truck at an excessive rate of speed; in failing to keep to his right hand...

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