CHESSER v. CASEY

No. 18456.

284 F.2d 72 (1960)

John CHESSER, as next friend of Debra Chesser, a minor, Appellant, v. Joseph E. CASEY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 22, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent P. McCauley, Columbus, Ga., for appellant.

Howell Hollis, Columbus, Ga., for appellee.

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


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict for the defendant in a pedestrian automobile injury case. The injury was suffered by a six-year-old child.

The appellant strongly urges that the denial of the motion for new trial by the trial court was error because the evidence taken most strongly in favor of the defendant demanded a finding of defendant's negligence as proximate cause of the injury. Appellant also urges other...

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