LEEPER v. THORNTON

No. 38295.

344 P.2d 1101 (1959)

Billye LEEPER, Administratrix of the Estate of William V. Lewis, Deceased, Plaintiff in Error, v. Etta THORNTON, Administratrix of the Estate of Hamp W. Thornton, Deceased, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foliart, Hunt & Shepherd, Oklahoma City, and Stevenson, Huser & Huser, Holdenville, for plaintiff in error.

James F. Haning, Wewoka, and Thomas M. Stevens, Shawnee, for defendant in error.


BLACKBIRD, Justice.

This wrongful death action arose out of a collision between two automobiles on U.S. Highway 270, a few miles east of Shawnee, Oklahoma, on the morning of November 6, 1955. One of the autos was a black 1950 model four-door Kaiser Sedan that had been traveling west on said highway and was driven by one Hamp Thornton. The other was a white, or light colored, 1954 model, two-door Mercury Sedan, traveling...

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