JACKSON v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 19901.

317 F.2d 532 (1963)

John H. JACKSON, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Beverly Irwin, T. J. Lewis, T. J. Lewis, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Edgar A. Neely, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and POPE and JONES, Circuit Judges.


POPE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a citizen of Georgia, brought this action against Southern Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Virginia,1 seeking recovery of damages for personal injuries in an amount substantially in excess of $100,000. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $2500. The principal contention upon this appeal by the plaintiff is that the trial court committed reversible error in giving to the...

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