BROWN v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE R.R. CO.

No. 15933.

234 F.2d 204 (1956)

Gloria Mae BROWN, in person, and on behalf of her minor children, Joann and Velda Marie, Appellants, v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Read, Cicero C. Sessions, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Harry McCall, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

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


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the Court below was clearly erroneous in its finding that the Railroad Company was not liable to plaintiffs for the death of their husband and father, killed in a crossing collision between the truck he was driving and the Railroad's passenger train. The trial Court, sitting without a jury, having heard the evidence and considered written briefs, entered its findings in the form of a written opinion...

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