STEARNS v. HERTZ CORP.

No. 17291.

326 F.2d 405 (1964)

Betty Jeanne STEARNS and Howard Lavelle Sutton, Appellants, v. The HERTZ CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen H. Surinsky, Clayton, Mo., for appellants.

John J. Shanahan, St. Louis, Mo., James E. Crowe, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT and BLACKMUN, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, District Judge.


BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff Betty Jeanne Stearns was seriously injured in the early morning of January 4, 1956, when the automobile in which she was a passenger turned over. The car was being driven by the plaintiff Howard L. Sutton, was owned by the defendant Hertz Corporation, and had been rented by Hertz to Sutton that morning. The rental agreement was signed and the accident occurred in Illinois. It is conceded...

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