Case Name: PAXTON TRUCKING COMPANY, a corporation, and William Earl Bailey, Appellants, v. The CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1968-04-17
Citations: 392 F.2d 661
Docket Number: No. 21652
Parties: PAXTON TRUCKING COMPANY, a corporation, and William Earl Bailey, Appellants, v. The CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 392
Pages: 661–662

Head Matter:
PAXTON TRUCKING COMPANY, a corporation, and William Earl Bailey, Appellants, v. The CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 21652.
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
April 17, 1968.
David Hagen (argued) of Guild, Guild & Cunningham, Reno, Nev., for appellant.
James A. Callahan (argued), Winnemucca, Nev., Peter Echeverría (argued), Reno, Nev., for appellee.
Before MADDEN, Judge of the Court of Claims, and MERRILL and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
With jurisdiction founded on diversity of citizenship, appellee has brought suit 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.