CAVITT v. FERRIS

No. 17577.

269 F.2d 440 (1959)

William Miles CAVITT, Appellant, v. Frank A. FERRIS, Jr., by Frank A. Ferris, Sr., as father and next friend, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Montgomery, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., Howell & Kirby, Jacksonville, Fla., of counsel, for appellant.

Nathan Bedell, Jacksonville, Fla., Bedell & Bedell, Jacksonville, Fla., of counsel, for appellees.

Before RIVES, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

About four o'clock on the morning of January 15, 1956, the appellee, Frank A. Ferris, Jr., a Marine private stationed at the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, Florida, was walking south on Roosevelt Boulevard near Jacksonville. This Boulevard is a divided four-lane highway running south from Jacksonville and passes along the westerly boundary of the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville. While so walking, Ferris was struck from behind by an automobile...

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