GREENE v. MONCKS CORNER MOTOR COMPANY

No. 71-1493.

457 F.2d 735 (1972)

Laura Belle GREENE, as Administratrix of the Estate of Buster Greene, Deceased, Appellant, v. MONCKS CORNER MOTOR COMPANY and Ford Motor Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Hammer, Columbia, S. C. (Arthur G. Howe, Charleston, S. C., George B. Bishop, and Dennis, Dennis & Bishop, Moncks Corner, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

A. Baron Holmes, III, Charleston, S. C., for appellees.

Before BRYAN, WINTER, and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Under the South Carolina Wrongful Death Statutes, S.C.Code Ann. §§ 10-1951 to 10-1954 (1962), Laura Belle Greene, administratrix of the estate of Buster Greene, instituted this diversity action against the Ford Motor Company and Moncks Corner Motor Company, a franchised Ford dealer, to recover damages for the death of her intestate. Verdict went against the plaintiff, she now appeals, and we grant a new trial.

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