Strahan v. Webb

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

On November 5, 1957, William Warren Webb, age 47, a salesman for the Louisiana Paper Company, out of the Monroe office, was instantly killed in a collision with a truck belonging to the Kaminer Construction Company, a Georgia corporation, and being operated by their employee, Clarence E. Strahan, who, at the time, was acting within the scope of his employment. There was evidence that Strahan was drinking at the time of the collision. Webb was survived by his wife, Marteal B. Webb, and two sons, Frederick Ross Webb, age 18, and Garland Warren Webb, age 17. Suit…