GROOMS v. MINUTE-MAID

No. 7815.

267 F.2d 541 (1959)

Marion R. GROOMS, Appellant, v. MINUTE-MAID, a corporation, and Rex Jones, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Chandler, Jr., Columbia, S. C., and Clyde C. Dean, Orangeburg, S. C., for appellant.

Charlton B. Horger, Orangeburg, S. C., and L. Marion Gressette, St. Mathews, S. C. (Louis Rosen, and Rosen & Horger, Orangeburg, S. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and BOREMAN and STANLEY, District Judges.


STANLEY, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Marion R. Grooms, instituted this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, against the defendants, Minute-Maid, Inc., and Rex Jones, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. Federal jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. After the plaintiff rested his case, which was being tried to a jury, the defendants moved for a directed verdict...

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