Miles & Sons Trucking Service v. McMurtrey

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

In this motor vehicle collision case federal jurisdiction rests on diversity. The three McMurtreys, appellees-plain-*11tiffs, as survivors of J. C. McMurtrey sued appellant-defendant Miles & Sons Trucking Service (Miles) to recover for his death. Miles joined appellee George M. Brewster & Sons (Brewster) as a defendant and claimed damages to the Miles vehicle. Brewster cross-claimed against Miles to recover for the damages sustained by the Brewster vehicle. The case was tried to a jury which awarded the McMurtreys $20,000 and Brewster $519.91. The McMurtreys moved…