THOMPSON v. WASHINGTON

No. 7807.

266 F.2d 147 (1959)

William H. THOMPSON and W. F. Alford, Appellants, v. Murphy WASHINGTON, as Administrator of the Estate of Earl Washington, deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. Gaud, Charleston, S. C., for appellants.

Robert M. Hollings, Charleston, S. C. (Meyer, Goldberg, Hollings, Lempesis & Uricchio, Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOPER, Circuit Judge, and BOREMAN and THOMPSON, District Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is taken from a judgment by the District Judge sitting without a jury, whereby the administrator of the estate of a boy three years of age was awarded damages in the sum of $6500 for the boy's death, which occurred on the public highway when he was hit by a truck driven by the defendants. The only question is whether the findings of fact of the judge, that the death was caused by the negligence of...

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