Mapes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit for personal injuries resulting from an automobile collision. The petitioner is Thomas Mapes, who was driving one of the automobiles, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the liability insurer of Ronald C. Rhyne, the driver of the other vehicle, is the defendant. Judgment was rendered in favor of petitioner and against defendant and both parties have taken an appeal.

The facts, which are without dispute, disclose that on April 14, 1958, petitioner, who had been driving along Scenic Highway in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, stopped at…