J. L. Moore, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Linda Faye O'brien, Deceased v. Stanley E. Mahurin

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

The tragic automobile accident which gave rise to this litigation involved a young man and a young lady who were engaged to be married. They were on a trip from Wood River, Nebraska, to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where they were enrolled as students at Middle Tennessee State University. They drove straight through without an overnight stop, taking turns at driving.

At the time of the fatal accident the defendant, Stanley E. Mahurin, was driving. For reasons which are completely unexplained he ran off the highway and into a concrete block structure. His fiancee, Linda Faye…