HESS v. BENNETT

No. 15359.

245 F.2d 807 (1957)

Joan HESS, Appellant, v. E. B. BENNETT and Jack E. Bennett, doing business as E. B. Bennett & Son, and Marion M. Hughes, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Banta, Silven & Horton, John S. Horton, Baker, Or., Thomas Y. Gwilliam, Nampa, Idaho, for appellant.

Maguire, Shields, Morrison & Bailey, Walter Cosgrave, Portland, Or., for appellees.

Before HEALY, BONE, and FEE, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by appellant, based on diversity of citizenship, to recover from appellees damages for personal injuries suffered while a passenger in an automobile driven by appellee Marion Hughes and owned by appellees Bennett. The cause was tried to a jury and eventuated in a verdict and judgment adverse to appellant.

The Bennetts are automobile dealers at Burns, Oregon, and Hughes was one of their employees. On the occasion in question...

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