MADDUX v. COX

No. 18567.

382 F.2d 119 (1967)

Roy MADDUX, Appellant, v. John William COX, James Darrell Melton, and United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

September 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gannaway, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant; Gannaway & Darrow, Little Rock, Ark., and Frank Lady, Jonesboro, Ark., were on the brief for appellant.

James W. Gallman, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellee, John William Cox; Carl Langston and Langston & Langston, Little Rock, Ark., were with James W. Gallman, Fayetteville, Ark., on the brief for appellee Cox.

David L. Rose, Atty., Dept. of Justice, for appellees James Darrell Melton and the United States; Barefoot Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Robert D. Smith, Jr., U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., were with David L. Rose, Washington, D. C., on the brief.

Before BLACKMUN, MEHAFFY and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from judgments entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas arising out of a collision between a privately owned automobile and a United States Navy truck on Interstate Highway No. 40 on the outskirts of North Little Rock, Arkansas. The automobile was being driven by Reverend Maddux with his wife as a passenger, and the Navy truck by James Melton with John Cox as a passenger. Melton and Cox...

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