Newstadt v. Motor Freight Lines, Inc.

Near Hopevilla, parish of Ascension, in July, 1S29, plaintiff suffered personal injuries and damages to an auto he was driving, for which he is claiming $10,000 damages in this suit from defendant company. Hé recovered judgment against defendant for $2,500, from which this appeal is taken.

The Port Vincent road runs into the Jefferson Highway near Hopevilla. At the junction or intersection of these two roads a collision occurred between a truck with a trailer thereto attached, which Benton, an employee of defendant company, was driving, and an Oldsmobile plaintiff was driving. The truck was…