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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. SOILEAU

No. 17332.

265 F.2d 90 (1959)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. John SOILEAU, Guardian Ad Litem and Next Friend for the Minors, Geneva Soileau and Doris Manuel, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse D. McDonald, Murray Hudson, Monroe, La., Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Monroe, La., of counsel, for appellant.

H. Alva Brumfield, Baton Rouge, La., Alfred R. Ryder, Oberlin, La., for appellee.

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

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought to recover for personal injuries received by Geneva Soileau (Guillory) and Doris Manuel when their automobile, stalled on a crossing, was struck by a freight train of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Judgment was entered upon separate jury verdicts for the two injured girls, the court denying the Railroad's motion for directed verdict made at the conclusion of plaintiffs' evidence...

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