DOUCET v. MIDDLETON

No. 20143.

328 F.2d 97 (1964)

Dewey DOUCET et al., Appellants, v. Stanley H. MIDDLETON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kilborn, Darby & Kilborn, Mobile, Ala., Benjamin H. Kilborn, Mobile, Ala., of counsel, for appellants.

Alex T. Howard, Jr., Mobile, Ala., McCorvey, Turner, Johnstone, Adams & May, Mobile, Ala., of counsel, for appellee.

Before RIVES, WISDOM and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

In Alabama must an action for willful or wanton injury to the person, or to personal property, be brought within one year,1 or within six years?2

Four complaints based on diversity jurisdiction, all arising out of an automobile collision, were filed against the defendant, Stanley H. Middleton. One of the plaintiffs was Dewey Doucet, the owner and driver of the other automobile...

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