Case Name: Marion Eskind MELANCON, Individually and as natural tutrix of the minors, Ernest Melancon, Jr. and Kathy Melancon, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1965-04-12
Citations: 344 F.2d 123
Docket Number: No. 21892
Parties: Marion Eskind MELANCON, Individually and as natural tutrix of the minors, Ernest Melancon, Jr. and Kathy Melancon, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 344
Pages: 123–123

Head Matter:
Marion Eskind MELANCON, Individually and as natural tutrix of the minors, Ernest Melancon, Jr. and Kathy Melancon, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 21892.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
April 12, 1965.
William Harris McBride, McBride & Brewster, Lafayette, La., for appellant.
Harry McCall, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., for appellee.
Before WOODBURY WISDOM, and BELL, Circuit Judges.
Of the First Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this suit arising out of a grade crossing collision, the District Court granted the motion for directed verdict of the defendant railroad company.
After careful consideration we have concluded that the facts warrant no inference other than that the sole and proximate cause of the collision and resulting death of the truck driver was his own negligence. See Turner v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, 5 Cir., 1961, 292 F.2d 586, for the strict test to be applied in determining whether a verdict should be directed. We have applied that test and found appellant's case wanting.
Affirmed.