ACKLEN v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, 116 F.2d 934 (6th Cir. 1940)


Thomas E. ACKLEN, Administrator of the Estate of Harry A. BURNS, Deceased, Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY et al., Appellees.

No. 8339.Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
December 11, 1940.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John D. Martin, Judge.

Jere Horne, of Memphis, Tenn., for appellant.

Evans, Evans Creson, of Memphis, Tenn., for appellees.

Before HICKS, ALLEN, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This cause was heard upon the transcript of the record, briefs of counsel and argument by counsel for appellees, and it appearing to the court that there was no substantial evidence to support a verdict for the appellant, and that there was no abuse of discretion in the denial of appellant’s motion for a new trial, it is therefore ordered and adjudged that the judgment appealed from, be and is in all things affirmed.