Legal Opinion
Car & General Ins. Corporation v. Cheshire
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1947No. 11769PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
On the night of September 6, 1944, William Colclasure, a boy nineteen years of age, was driving his family’s automobile along U. S. Highway No. 80, a two-lane paved highway, in Webster Parish, Louisiana. Riding with him as his invited guests were James Lee Cheshire and Billy Jack Stan-field, both sixteen years of age. About nine o’clock that night the automobile collided with a large gasoline transport truck which had stopped and was blocking the highway, and the three boys were killed. Actions-were brought by the parents of each of the boys to recover damages for their…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gaiennie v. Cooperative Produce Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Jacobs v. JacobsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Kirk v. United Gas Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
- Culpepper v. Leonard Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- Woodley Collins v. Schusters' Wholesale Produce Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Skidmore v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Robert T. Clegg v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Smith v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Wiley v. SutphinLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
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