TROUTMAN v. MODLIN

Nos. 18075, 18076.

353 F.2d 382 (1965)

Clarence TROUTMAN, Appellant, v. Mrs. Frances MODLIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Jim Modlin, Deceased, and James T. Gooch, Appellees. James T. GOOCH, Appellant, v. Clarence TROUTMAN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., for Clarence Troutman.

Sam Laser, Little Rock, Ark., for James T. Gooch.

No argument was made or brief filed in behalf of Mrs. Francis Modlin, Administratrix, etc.

Before MATTHES and GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, District Judge.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

On October 26, 1964, James Gooch set out from Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to attend a Democratic Party dinner and rally in Little Rock, Arkansas. Traveling with him, as passengers in his car, were three friends; among them, Jim Modlin. On Interstate Highway 30, near Little Rock, the automobile operated by Mr. Gooch collided with the rear of an automobile operated by James Wilder, as both vehicles were proceeding in an easterly direction in the left...

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