Legal Opinion
Dewey Doucet v. Stanley H. Middleton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1964No. 20143_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
In Alabama must an action for willful or wanton injury to the person, or to personal property, be brought within one year, 1 or within six years ? 2
Four complaints based on diversity jurisdiction, all arising out of an automobile collision, were filed against the defendant, Stanley H. Middleton. One of the plaintiffs was Dewey Doucet, the owner and driver of the other automobile who sought to recover both for injuries to his person and for damages to his automobile. The other three plaintiffs were passengers in Doucet’s car, who sued for personal injuries. The collision…
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