Paxton Trucking Company, a Corporation, and William Earl Bailey v. The Cudahy Packing Company

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 17, 1968

Paxton Trucking Company, a Corporation, and William Earl Bailey v. The Cudahy Packing Company, 392 F.2d 661 (9th Cir. 1968)

1968 U.S. App. LEXIS 7290

Madden, Claims, Merrill, Browning

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

With jurisdiction founded on diversity of citizenship, appellee has brought suit *662 for property damage resulting from a collision between motor vehicles of the parties on U. S. Highway 40, near Winnemucca, Nevada.

The appeal challenges findings of the District Court following bench trial to the effect that appellant was guilty of negligence which was the proximate cause of the accident and that appellee was not guilty of contributory negligence.

We conclude, first, that neither issue, under the facts, was susceptible of determination as matter of law, but that determination was for the court as finder of the facts; second that in no respect can its findings be said to be clearly erroneous.

Affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name: PAXTON TRUCKING COMPANY, a Corporation, and William Earl Bailey, Appellants, v. the CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY, Appellee
Status: Published