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MERCER v. THERIOT

No. 19068.

316 F.2d 635 (1963)

Mrs. Wanda MERCER, Appellant, v. Paris THERIOT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield, Baton Rouge, La., Sylvia Roberts, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Stanley E. Loeb, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON, RIVES, CAMERON, JONES, BROWN, WISDOM, GEWIN, and BELL, Circuit Judges, En Banc.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

In the early hours of the morning of December 19, 1955, Willie B. Mercer's body was found face down on the side of Highway 1 on Grand Isle, Louisiana. The coroner's certificate shows that he died about 7:30 p. m. December 18. Tire marks leading to the body indicated that Mercer was run over while he was on the shoulder of the road. Around 7:30 p. m. on December 18 Paris Theriot, the defendant, had left Fisherman's Bar on Grand Isle, taking Highway...

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