Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Bailey
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1958No. 5792PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
After a jury had awarded judgments in separate and varying amounts to the administrator of the estates of five persons killed in a highway accident in New Mexico, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico granted the motion of appellees, defendants below, for a directed verdict and in the alternative for a new trial. Such procedure is admittedly proper under Rule 50(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. Readnour v. Commercial Standard Ins. Co., 10 Cir., 253 F.2d 907. This appeal searches the substantive propriety of the two rulings.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Frei v. BrownleeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. SimmonsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
- Marjorie Readnour v. Commercial Standard Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
- Kenneth Houtz v. General Bonding & Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by5 opinions
- James A. Casper and Marguerite Casper v. Barber & Ross Company, a Corporation, and Warfield & Sanford, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Hadley Auto TransportDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1963
- J. C. Penney Company, a Corporation v. Leonard O'Daniell and Opal O'daniell, Husband and WifeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- James A. Casper and Marguerite Casper v. Barber & Ross Company, a Corporation, and Warfield & Sanford, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Wilson v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958