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CITY OF MARYVILLE v. FARMER

Nos. 12808-12811.

244 F.2d 456 (1957)

CITY OF MARYVILLE, Maryville Electric System, and Maryville Board of Public Utilities, Defendants-Appellants, v. Pearl FARMER, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Howard Hammontree, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee. Pearl FARMER, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Howard Hammontree, deceased, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v. CITY OF MARYVILLE, Maryville Electric System and Maryville Board of Public Utilities, Defendants-Cross Appellees. CITY OF MARYVILLE, Maryville Electric System, and Maryville Board of Public Utilities, Defendants-Appellants, v. Mildred Gibson HAMMONTREE, Widow of Owen Franklin Hammontree, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee. Mildred Gibson HAMMONTREE, Widow of Owen Franklin Hammontree, deceased, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v. CITY OF MARYVILLE, Maryville Electric System, and Maryville Board of Public Utilities, Defendants-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 22, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. C. Gamble, Maryville, Tenn. (M. H. Gamble, Jr., Arthur B. Goddard, of Goddard & Gamble, Maryville, Tenn., and Hugh E. Delozier, Maryville, Tenn., on the brief), for City of Maryville, and others.

J. H. Doughty, Knoxville, Tenn. (Hodges & Doughty, Knoxville, Tenn., and Charles S. Mayfield, Cleveland, Tenn., on the brief), for Pearl Farmer, Administratrix, and Mildred G. Hammontree.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In the United States District Court, the plaintiffs, Pearl Farmer (suing in her capacity as administratrix) and Mildred Gibson Hammontree (suing as widow), were awarded jury verdicts for the deaths by wrongful act of their respective decedents. Jury awards were in amounts of $33,000 for the death of Joseph Howard Hammontree and $29,000 for the death of Owen Franklin Hammontree. The cases were consolidated for trial and by stipulation have been heard together...

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