George W. Walker, Administrator v. Warehouse Transportation Co.

HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered November 22,1955, in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire following a jury verdict for the defendant.

This negligence action arose out of an accident which occurred on December 20, 1954, at approximately 11:30 a. m. on U. S. Route 4, in Barrington, New Hampshire, resulting in death to plaintiff’s decedent, William Walker and extensive damage to his Dodge truck.

The following statement of facts is sufficient for the purposes of this appeal. The accident occurred on a downgrade following a slight rise…