U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1961

Joseph M. Ernst and William J. Donovan, Jr. v. T. L. James & Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Ernst and William J. Donovan, Jr. v. T. L. James & Company, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided February 9, 1961 · Brown, Carswell, Jones, Per Curiam
286 F.2d 174; 1961 U.S. App. LEXIS 5350 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Joseph M. Ernst and William J. Donovan, Jr. v. T. L. James & Company, Inc.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The district judge directed a verdict for the defendant, the appellee here, in an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiffs, the appellants here, when their automobile failed to negotiate a highway curve and ran into a bulldozer parked off the highway. The principles stated by this Court in McClendon v. T. L. James & Company, Inc., 5 Cir., 1956, 231 F.2d 802, are controlling here. See also Thompson v. City of Houma, 5 Cir., 1935, 76 F.2d 793. The judgment of the district court is

Affirmed.

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