Legal Opinion

W. G. Wetmore & Co. v. Reed

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 9, 1938No. 8722PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by appellees, Mrs. Pearl Reed, widow of Glenn V. Reed, on behalf of herself and two minor children, to recover damages for the death of the husband and father, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellants, W. G. Wetmore, Inc. and F. S. Neely, in not maintaining proper signs, danger flags, barricades and warning lights on a bridge and road they were constructing. Defendants pleaded the general issue. There was joint and several judgment against both defendants. The assignments of error all run to the refusal of the district court to direct a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Herring v. Planters' Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1934

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. C. C. Moore Const. Co. v. HayesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941

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