GLOBE INDEMNITY COMPANY v. RICHERSON

No. 20002.

315 F.2d 3 (1963)

GLOBE INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Graham Edward RICHERSON, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for the Minor, Larry Don Richerson, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Switzer, Shreveport, La., Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Trichel & Johnson, Shreveport, La., of counsel, for appellant.

James J. Thornton, Jr., L. L. Lockard, Shreveport, La., Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & LeSage, Shreveport, La., of counsel, for appellee.

Before CAMERON, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

The questions on this appeal are whether there was sufficient affirmative evidence to support the jury's implied finding of negligence, and whether the trial Judge erred in refusing to instruct the jury that the injured boy was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. We think there was no error in the refusal of the charge of contributory negligence, and that the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict.

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