WEST v. GREYHOUND CORPORATION

No. 16621.

254 F.2d 541 (1958)

William WEST, Sr., Appellant, v. The GREYHOUND CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 29, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest D. Jackson, Sr., Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Wayne K. Ramsay, Jacksonville, Fla., Milam, McIlvaine, Carroll & Wattles Jacksonville, Fla., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and BORAH and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

William West, Sr., brought suit in the state court under the Florida wrongful death statute,1 to recover damages for the death of his fourteen year old son, Nathaniel, who died instantly as the result of a collision on a public highway between the horse which the decedent was riding and the defendant's bus. Plaintiff also sought damages for the value of the horse. Thereafter, and following the removal of the cause...

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