HOFFLER v. SHORT

No. 8358.

297 F.2d 153 (1961)

Jimmy HOFFLER and Bernard Hoffler, Appellants, v. Richard T. SHORT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Rixey, Norfolk, Va. (Edwin C. Kellam and James M. Pickrell, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Allan S. Reynolds, Norfolk, Va., (White, Ryan & Reynolds, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOPER, BRYAN and BELL, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from a judgment in favor of a third party defendant in an automobile collision case wherein it was held that, under the peculiar circumstances existing at the time of the accident, he was under no duty to stop at a road intersection where a stop sign had been posted. The correctness of this holding is the principal question in the case.

The original plaintiff was Grace Short Pond who was riding as a guest passenger...

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