Legal Opinion

Melvin Yokley v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Company, a Corporation and Paul Vernon Mitchell

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 27, 1955No. 5078PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendants in an action for damages growing out of a collision between plaintiff’s automobile and a truck, owned by the defendant Santa Fe Trail Transportation Company and operated by the defendant Paul Vernon Mitchell, on a street in the City of Trinidad, Colorado. The case was tried to the court without a jury which found that the defendant driver was guilty of negligence, but denied recovery to the plaintiff because of his contributory negligence. The sole question presented is the sufficiency of the evidence to…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. Oregon State Medical SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. United States v. National Ass'n of Real Estate BoardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. Independent Lumber Co. v. LeatherwoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1938
  4. American Home Fire Assur. Co. of New York v. Mid-West Enterprise Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
  5. Jones v. GrinnellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Knudson v. BorenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
  2. Louise Heldenbrand and O. J. Heldenbrand v. Bloise Stevenson, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Oscar Stevenson, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
  3. R. P. Fuller v. C.M. & W. Drilling Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
  4. Jack Blumberg and Yellow Cab Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
  5. Knudson v. BorenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958

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