BACON v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 23616.

373 F.2d 515 (1967)

Erskine Niel BACON, Appellant, v. The KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY and Central Surety & Insurance Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland J. Achee, Ferris & Achee, Taylor W. O'Hearn, Brown & O'Hearn, Shreveport, La., for appellant.

Harry A. Johnson, Jr., Val Irion, Shreveport, La., Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Trichel & Johnson, Shreveport, La., of counsel, for appellees.

Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and CONNALLY, District Judge.


CONNALLY, District Judge:

This is a personal injury action arising from an automobile accident that occurred on November 29, 1963, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

Bacon, the plaintiff below, appeals from the judgment entered pursuant to a general verdict for the defendants rendered by a jury.

The facts are largely undisputed. The evidence shows that Bacon was driving his pickup truck in a westwardly direction on the Blanchard-Latex Road near Blanchard...

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