Washington Fire & Marine Insurance v. Firemen's Insurance Co.

GLADNEY, Judge.

This appeal presents an action for property damages sustained in an automobile collision which occurred after dark on June 19, 1955, on South Main Street in Spring-hill, Louisiana. After a trial of the case on its merits, there was judgment in favor of plaintiff, subrogee of its insured, Jewell Nix, against defendant, public liability insurer of Dewey Butts. Defendant has appealed, assigning error to the decree in holding: that Dewey Butts was guilty of any negligence constituting a proximate cause of the accident, and that Jewell Nix was not guilty of contributory negligence.

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