CITY OF BRADY, TEXAS v. FINKLEA

No. 25224.

400 F.2d 352 (1968)

CITY OF BRADY, TEXAS, Appellant, v. Tommy FINKLEA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Craig Porter, San Angelo, Tex., for appellant.

Ben Davis Geeslin, Brady, Tex., Jack C. Eisenberg, L. Tonnett Byrd, Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, District Judge.


ATKINS, District Judge:

The City of Brady, Texas, appeals from a judgment of $136,207.00 entered for the plaintiff at the conclusion of the trial to the court without a jury. The appellant assails the jurisdiction of the trial court, the findings of fact and conclusions of law entered by the trial judge, and the amount of the verdict as excessive. We affirm.

Tommy Finklea, as administrator and guardian, brought a wrongful death action on behalf of the surviving...

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