Armour & Co. v. Hicks Co.

Plaintiff, Armour & Co., Limited, brought this action to recover of defendant, Hicks Company, Limited, $413.97 as damages to plaintiff’s truck and $350 for the loss of the use of the truck while being repaired, resulting from a collision between said truck and a truck belonging to defendant, on December 21, 1928, at the intersection of Lake and Spring streets in the city of Shreveport.

The two trucks were being driven at the time by hired colored truck drivers.

Plaintiff alleges that the collision and resulting damages was due solely to the gross fault and negligence of defendant’s driver.…