Jones v. Continental Casualty Co. of Chicago, Ill.

HAMLIN, Justice.

In the exercise of our supervisory jurisdiction (Art. VII, Sec. 11, La.Const. of 1921, LSA) we granted certiorari to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, in order that we might review its decision in the present matter, as well as its decisions in three companion cases, all of which were consolidated for the purposes of trial, appeal and review. All actions resulted from one accident; the instant decision will be controlling; separate decrees, however, will be rendered in the three companion cases. 1

The accident occurred on May 17, 1961, at approximately 12:45 A.M., on U. S.…