PERRY v. GULF, MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 73-2261.

502 F.2d 1144 (1974)

Monte Kay PERRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF, MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver B. Dickins, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for appellant; Charles R. Terry, Morristown, Tenn., Harold R. Gunn, Humbolt, Tenn., on brief.

Sidney W. Spragins, Spragins, Menzies & Rainey, Jackson, Tenn., on brief for appellee.

Before WEICK, LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff-appellant brought this diversity action in the district court below to recover damages for the claimed wrongful death of her husband, William Frank Perry. Perry was killed on September 3, 1971 when an automobile he was driving collided with a Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company freight locomotive at a crossing located within the city limits of Dyer, a community of about 2,000 in Gibson County, Tennessee.

The case was tried to a jury...

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