FRUIT INDUSTRIES, INC. v. PETTY

No. 17397.

268 F.2d 391 (1959)

FRUIT INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. Stella PETTY, as Administratrix of the Estate of Julius E. Petty, deceased, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Kinney, Tampa, Fla., Robert H. Walker, Keokuk, Iowa, Fowler, White, Gillen, Yancey & Humkey, Tampa, Fla., of counsel, for appellant.

W. J. Arnold, Batesville, Ark., Thomas C. MacDonald, Jr., Norman Stallings, Vernon W. Evans, Jr., Tampa, Fla., Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings, Glos & Evans, Tampa, Fla., of counsel, for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from three judgments which were recovered by the plaintiffs in actions growing out of an automobile truck-trailer collision which occurred in Iowa. In one of the actions recovery was sought by the administrator of the estate of Julius E. Petty who was killed while driving the car involved in the accident. The second action was for the death of Joe Forrest Petty, age 13, minor son of Julius E. Petty who was a passenger in his...

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