Thurlow Logsdon v. Husmann & Roper Freight Lines, Inc.

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

The jury in the District Court returned a verdict in favor of appellant suing as administratrix of the estate of her husband, and the District Court sustained appellee’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the District Court committed reversible error in sustaining this motion.

The ease arises out of an automobile accident which occurred at about 1:30 in the morning on October 2, 1953. Appellant’s intestate, Harlan Logsdon, a driver for Killion Motor Express, was operating a truck on Route 50 near Noble,…