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ROY L. JONES, INC. v. HOME TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

No. 27248.

422 F.2d 179 (1970)

ROY L. JONES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOME TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ross, Blades, Crain, Slator, Winters & Ross, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Tom Alexander, Jonathan Day, Houston Tex., Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before GEWIN, THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from an accident involving a tractor-trailer unit composed of a tractor leased by appellant Roy L. Jones, Inc. (Jones), and a trailer owned by appellee Home Transportation, Inc. (Home). The accident occurred near Montgomery, Alabama when a portion of the trailer's gooseneck hitch collapsed dropping the trailer to the pavement. Jones compensated the shipper for damage sustained by the cargo and filed suit in the United States...

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