TREZZA v. DAME

No. 22984.

370 F.2d 1006 (1967)

Angelina Cane TREZZA and husband, James Trezza, Appellants, v. Roland Lee DAME, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig C. Cantey, Jr., Houston, Tex., Hellmut A. Erwing, Foreman, Dyess, Prewett, Henderson & Cantey, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellants.

John L. Hill, W. James Kronzer (on appeal), Houston, Tex., Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, BELL and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas allowing plaintiff Dame to recover damages against defendant Trezza for personal injuries resulting from an automobile collision in Texas. Defendant1 asserts two errors: first, that the trial judge erred in refusing to charge the jury on the doctrine of "sudden emergency"; second, that the trial judge exceeded the bounds of...

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