NEW ORLEANS & NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. v. ANDERSON

No. 18444.

293 F.2d 97 (1961)

NEW ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mrs. Helen ANDERSON, Billy Anderson and Kenneth Anderson, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, Miss., J. Raburn Monroe, Walter J. Suthon, New Orleans, La., for appellant. Walter J. Suthon, Jr., New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Leonard B. Melvin, Jr., Leonard B. Melvin, Sr., Harold W. Melvin, Laurel, Miss., for appellees. Melvin, Melvin & Melvin, Laurel, Miss., of counsel.

Before JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and CARSWELL, District Judge.


CARSWELL, District Judge.

Appellees' husband and father was killed when the vehicle which he was operating collided with appellant's train at a crossing located within the city limits of Laurel, Mississippi.

This is an appeal from judgment upon jury verdict, appellant contending, first, that the District Court erred in denying its motion for directed verdict, and in submitting the case to the jury.

The court has thoroughly examined the voluminous testimony...

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