SQUYRES v. HILLIARY

No. 77-1769.

599 F.2d 918 (1979)

James F. SQUYRES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward A. HILLIARY, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1979.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. McAlister, of Rhodes, Hieronymus, Holloway & Wilson, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Russell B. Holloway, Oklahoma City, Okl., and Charles W. Jennings of Jennings, Robinson & Jennings, Lawton, Okl., with him, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Charles J. Watts, of Procter, Fleming & Speck, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge, and MARKEY, Chief Judge, U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.


MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Appeal from judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on a jury verdict awarding Squyres $35,748.36 for injuries caused by Hilliary. Admission of certain testimony and denial of a new trial are challenged. We affirm.

Background

Hilliary shot Squyres with a shotgun. At the time, Hilliary was mayor of Medicine Park, Oklahoma, where the shooting occurred, and owned the city hall, gas...

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