Petroleum Carrier Corporation v. Snyder

161 F.2d 323 (1947)

PETROLEUM CARRIER CORPORATION et al.

v.

SNYDER et al.

No. 11768.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1947.

Cubbedge Snow, of Macon, Ga., for appellants.

Carlton Mobley and E. W. Maynard, both of Macon, Ga., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by appellees, brought under the Georgia law,[1] to recover damages from appellants for the wrongful death of their father. The latter received a fatal injury when his left arm was crushed between the trailer of a large gasoline truck and the door of an…