Fontenot v. Travelers Insurance Co.

HOOD, Judge.

This is a tort action instituted by Miss Helena Fontenot against The Travelers *521Insurance Company and Lester Vidrine. It is a companion to the case of Hebert v. Travelers Insurance Company, 179 So.2d 513, which is being decided by us on this date.

For the reasons assigned in that case, we conclude that the judgment appealed from here should he amended to condemn both of the defendants, in solido, to pay the damages sustained by plaintiff, and that the third party defendant, Lester Vidrine, should be condemned to contribute one-half the amount awarded to plaintiff.

The trial judge…