THERIOT v. MERCER

No. 17214.

262 F.2d 754 (1959)

Paris THERIOT, Appellant, v. Mrs. Wanda MERCER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Hughes, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

H. Alva Brumfield, Baton Rouge, La., for appellee.

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


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Appealing from a judgment on a verdict in a suit for damages for the death of plaintiff's husband, defendant is here confidently insisting that, for the reasons put forward by him in his brief,1 the court erred in denying his motion for an instructed verdict made at the close of plaintiff's case and repeated at the close of the evidence.

In the alternative he urges...

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