GAFFORD v. TRANS-TEXAS AIRWAYS

No. 14553.

299 F.2d 60 (1962)

Stanley GAFFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANS-TEXAS AIRWAYS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Grider, Memphis, Tenn. (Jesse E. Johnson, Jr., of Burch, Porter, Johnson & Brown, Memphis, Tenn., on brief), for appellant.

Edward W. Kuhn, Memphis, Tenn. (Henry T. V. Miller, of McDonald, Kuhn, McDonald, Crenshaw & Smith, Memphis, Tenn., on brief), for appellee.

Before MILLER, Chief Judge, SIMONS, Senior Circuit Judge, and CECIL, Circuit Judge.


CECIL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of an action in the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, wherein the plaintiff-appellant sued the defendant-appellee for damages sustained by reason of injuries received in an airplane accident. The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant, as they were in the trial court.

The plaintiff, Stanley Gafford, is and was at the time of filing his action a resident and citizen of the state...

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