Hupp Motor Car Corporation v. Wadsworth

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

Appeal from a judgment in favor of appellees, based on a jury verdict.

Appellees, residents of California, instituted this action as sole heirs of Thomas E. Wadsworth, who was killed in an automobile accident in California on July 17, 1936. The accident was alleged to have resulted from the negligence of appellant in assembling and inspecting the automobile, manufactured by it, and involved in the accident. Wadsworth had purchased the. car, which was new, about six weeks prior to the accident.. Upon the day in question he, with members of his family, was driving at a speed…