Legal Opinion

Malcolm Lamar Drake v. Joseph John Driscoll

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 20, 1959No. 17653PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a verdict for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in a highway collision between two automobiles, in one of which plaintiff was a guest passenger.

The defendant, the driver of the other car, is here assigning in several forms that, in its charge 1 on plaintiff’s duty to exercise care, the court in effect instructed the jury that plaintiff, as a guest, would not be called upon to exercise care unless and until something creating or evidencing danger, or requiring preventive action, came, or was brought, to his…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wade v. DrinkardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  2. Herget v. SaucierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  3. Russell v. BayneCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  4. Carman v. HuffCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1949
  5. Georgia Power Co. v. MaxwellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Otterbeck v. LambNevada Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Elena Castilleja and Minor Children v. Southern Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  3. Wood v. Southern Pacific Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1972

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