Matanuska Valley Lines, Inc., a Corporation v. Dorothy Neal and Nathaniel Neal, Jr., Matanuska Valley Lines, Inc., a Corporation v. Blanche Thomas, Matanuska Valley Lines, Inc., a Corporation v. Wordie Frazier and Prince Frazier

229 F.2d 136 MATANUSKA VALLEY LINES, Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. Dorothy NEAL and Nathaniel Neal, Jr., Appellees. MATANUSKA VALLEY LINES, Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. Blanche THOMAS, Appellee. MATANUSKA VALLEY LINES, Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. Wordie FRAZIER and Prince Frazier, Appellees. Nos. 14529-14531. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. December 13, 1955. Hellenthal, Hellenthal & Cottis, Evander Cade Smith, Anchorage, Alaska, Martin & Shorts, Frank J. Conway, Seattle, Wash., for appellant. Kay, Robinson & Moody, Wendell P. Kay, Stringer & Connolly, J. Earl Cooper, Anchorage, Alaska, for appellees. Before BONE, LEMMON and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges. CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge. 1 On November 20, 1951, a public bus of Matanuska collided with a truck driven by one Lois Williams on a public highway near Anchorage, Alaska. Bus passengers were injured. Three separate actions were filed against Matanuska, appellant, and Lois Williams by passengers, Dorothy Neal, Blanche Thomas and Wordie Frazier. The husbands of Neal and Frazier joined in the actions of their respective wives, claiming special damages of their own. 2 Matanuska cross-claimed…