Teche Lines, Inc. v. Boyette

111 F.2d 579 (1940)

TECHE LINES, Inc.,

v.

BOYETTE.

No. 9399.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 10, 1940.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1940.

Hugh V. Wall, of Brookhaven, Miss., for appellant.

Earl Brewer and William H. Hewitt, both of Jackson, Miss., and M. S. McNeil, of Hazlehurst, Miss., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The appellee secured a jury verdict in an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by her while a passenger on a bus owned and operated by appellant. The latter argues that it should have been granted the peremptory…