Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. v. Weade

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

In civil actions before a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia verdicts were returned and judgments entered in favor of the plaintiffs (appellees herein). Lillian Weade recovered judgment for $50,000; Frederick Weade (her husband) for $1,000, and Roberta Stinemeyer for $5,000. The defendant, Dichmann, Wright & Pugh (hereinafter called Dichmann) has appealed to us.

On August 4, 1945, Mrs. Weade and Mrs. Stinemeyer purchased tickets at Old Point, Virginia, and there embarked on the steamboat Meteor, bound for Washington. About 11 p.…