Gibbs v. Tourres

Plaintiff seeks judgment against the defendants for the amount of damages done to his truck by a limb, from a tree standing upon defendants' property, falling upon it.

The home of plaintiff's father in the City of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and that of the defendants (occupied by one or more of them) adjoin. When damaged, the truck was parked upon the driveway of the former.

The tree in question stood a few feet from the common boundary line of the properties and the limb that fell extended over and above the driveway.

It is alleged that more than six months prior to the falling of this allegedly…