PETERSON v. EXUM

No. 16757.

283 F.2d 499 (1960)

Edith PETERSON, Appellant, v. Marie EXUM, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hull, Armstrong & Vander Stoep, Grant Armstrong, J. A. Vander Stoep, Chehalis, Wash., Gene L. Brown, Grant Pass, Or., for appellant.

Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester, Martin L. Wolf, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

Edith Peterson brought this action against her sister, Marie Exum, to recover damages for injuries received while riding as a guest passenger in an automobile driven by Mrs. Exum. The accident occurred at Malone, Grays Harbor County, in the State of Washington. Federal jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship.

The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $50,000. Judgment n. o. v. was entered...

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