Lancaster v. Jordan Auto Co.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

These two suits, brought to recover damages for personal injuries, caused by an automobile accident, were consolidated and tried together. The jury was waived and judgment was entered in favor of defendant, conformably to findings of facts and conclusions of law made by the District Court. There was undisputed evidence as follows:

Some time in December, 1936, Otto Lan- , caster, a citizen of Louisiana, husband of plaintiff in one suit, made a contract with Jordan Auto Co., a Mississippi corporation, for the purchase of a new Chevrolet automobile, turning in his old car in…