Laura Belle Greene, as Administratrix of the Estate of Buster Greene, Deceased v. Moncks Corner Motor Company and Ford Motor Company

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Under the South Carolina Wrongful Death Statutes, S.C.Code Ann. §§ 10-1951 to 10-1954 (1962), Laura Belle Greene, administratrix of the estate of Buster Greene, instituted this diversity-action against the Ford Motor Company and Moncks Corner Motor Company, a franchised Ford dealer, to recover damages for the death of her intestate. Verdict went against the plaintiff, she now appeals, and we grant a new trial.

The complaint charged that on February 15, 1965, Moncks sold to the employer of plaintiff’s intestate a new Econo-line van, manufactured by Ford, and that…