GILREATH v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 15041.

323 F.2d 158 (1963)

Margie GILREATH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

September 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. E. Graves, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dewitt T. Sneed, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief, for appellant.

Dawson Hall, Chattanooga, Tenn., Whitaker, Hall & Haynes, Chattanooga, Tenn., of counsel, for appellees.

Before CECIL, WEICK and O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges.


O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Margie Gilreath, as widow of William Roy Gilreath, brought suit against defendants-appellees, Southern Railway Company and Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company to recover damages for his claimed wrongful death. The District Judge granted defendants' motion for a directed verdict made at the close of plaintiff's proofs. From the judgment entered upon such directed verdict, plaintiff takes this appeal.

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