MASON v. HUNTER

No. 75-1425.

534 F.2d 822 (1976)

Clifton R. MASON, Administrator of the Estate of D. O. Mason, Deceased, Appellant, v. Gordon W. HUNTER, Sheriff of Columbia County, Arkansas, Administrator of the Estate of Clovis Marion Kirkpatrick, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney T. Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Magnolia, Ark., for appellant.

Dennis L. Shackleford, Shackleford, Shackleford & Phillips, El Dorado, Ark., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict for defendant in a death case. Plaintiff's decedent, who with others, was pushing his truck following a collision with another motor vehicle, was struck by defendant's automobile which was proceeding north on a main-traveled highway one mile south of Magnolia, Arkansas. Judge Harris entered judgment in accord with the jury verdict.

The assigned errors all center around the trial judge submitting...

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