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BROWN v. AMERICAN AIRLINES

No. 16318.

244 F.2d 128 (1957)

C. B. BROWN, Appellant, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, Inc., and Delta Air Lines, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 9, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Hill Jones, Ben T. Warder, Jr., Carter, Gallagher, Jones & Magee, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

W. B. Patterson, Robertson, Jackson, Payne, Lancaster & Walker, Dallas, Tex., for appellees.

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

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

A jury determined that the injuries to the fare-paying passenger Mrs. Brown, sustained as she was debarking from a DC-6 airplane at Dallas, Texas, December 22, 1954, were caused by the negligence of the carrier. The District Court, by motion j. n. o. v., concluded otherwise and entered judgment for the Air Lines.

The physical facts concerning the aisles, passageways, door and ramp from the plane are undisputed, and for...

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