CLEGG v. HARDWARE MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.

No. 17313.

264 F.2d 152 (1959)

Robert T. CLEGG, Appellant, v. HARDWARE MUTUAL CASUALTY CO., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

H. L. Hammett, New Orleans, La., Hammett & Bertel, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

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


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The jury found for the defendant. The plaintiff, Clegg, appealing here, asserts that this resulted from the unexpected use by the Judge of a jury verdict in the form of three questions. In proof of it, plaintiff points out that the Insurer's defense contented itself with testimony of a single witness, the truck driver, who virtually swore the defendant into liability, and the cross examination of plaintiff's witnesses, several of whom...

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