Legal Opinion
Ford v. Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1950No. 12557PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLEY, District Judge.
Early in the afternoon of April 21, 1946, a Buick automobile driven by Volney Ford and also occupied by Gertrude Ford, David Wilson and Henry Lawson, collided with a motor bus driven by C. K. Wilson, employee of the Southwestern Greyhound Lines, Inc., near the west end of a narrow bridge on a public highway, a short distance from Baird, Texas. The said Volney Ford and Gertrude Ford were killed in the collision, The respective beneficiaries of said decedents under the death statute of Texas brought this suit for damages against the bus company. The parties will be called…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Ellis v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- White v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1943
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Fred J. Hewitt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Knoepfle v. SukoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1961
- Eldredge v. MillerArizona Supreme Court · 1954
- Thompson v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
- Burton J. Thompson, D/B/A Thompson Trucking Company and Merleon Glenn Walker v. Raymond Allen, Sr., Burton J. Thompson, D/B/A Thompson Trucking Company and Merleon Glenn Walker v. Elton D. FountainCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
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