Lorance v. Smith

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] These are damage suits growing out of injuries sustained in an automobile collision which took place January 19, 1929, on the public highway which runs from Covington to Mandeville, La., between a Ford coupébelonging to Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Smith, and a Chevrolet car owned and driven by R.J. Kendall.

During the late afternoon on January 19, 1929, Walter Smith, Clark Morgan, Alphonsine Lorance, and Mrs. Adelia Menant left Mandeville in St. Tamany parish to go to…