WILLIAMS v. HENNESSEY

No. 20244.

328 F.2d 490 (1964)

Alta WILLIAMS and her Husband Jack Williams, Appellants, v. John W. HENNESSEY, as Trustee for Penn-Dixie Lines, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. T. Maloney, George A. Patterson, Patterson & Maloney, E. E. Jordan, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for appellants.

Jackson L. Peters, Miami, Fla., for appellee, Knight, Smith, Underwood & Peters, Miami, Fla., of counsel.

Before BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, District Judge.


JOHNSON, District Judge.

This diversity action, involving a claim for damages to compensate for personal injuries received in an automobile-truck intersectional accident in North Carolina and trial in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida, resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the defendant-appellee.

The only questions appellants seek to present upon this appeal are:

(1) Whether the charge of the trial judge to the jury was misleading...

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