Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Buckley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1963No. 19947PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a directed verdict in favor of the bailor for hire of a trailer, in an action for fatal injuries allegedly occurring by reason of a breach of duty by the bailor, Deaton Truck Lines, Inc., in furnishing the trailer to bailees, the Boones. The court below held that the bailor breached no duty to the appellant, a third party, and that the sole proximate cause of the accident was the negligent use of the trailer by the bailee.
Emmett and Bonnie Boone were in the trucking business in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Appellee Deaton Truck Lines, Inc. of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Revlon, Inc. v. Mrs. R. H. BuchananCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Mississippi Central R. R. v. LottMississippi Supreme Court · 1918
- Robirtson v. Gulf S.I.R. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1935
3Cited by5 opinions
- Odessa Woods v. The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, a Tennessee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Price v. SeidlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
- Jim Dale Hull v. Merck & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Eleanor Anne Patton Badger v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Johnson v. BuckleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963