Southern Pacific Company v. Myrna Laverne Eades

449 F.2d 11

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

Myrna Laverne EADES et al., Appellees.

No. 26057.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 26, 1971.

O. J. Weber, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., for appellant.

Ward Stephenson, Orange, Tex., Gilbert I. Low, Beaumont, Tex., Stephenson, Thompson & Morris, Orange, Tex., for appellees; John Cash Smith, Orange, Tex., of counsel.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and ALDISERT,* Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

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This wrongful death diversity action grows out of a fatal railroad crossing collision that occurred on April 14, 1966, in…