Mouton v. W. J. Talbot & Son

DORE, Judge.

This is a suit for damages claimed by the plaintiff as the result of his running into the rear end of the truck of the defendant while the same was on the “Old Spanish Trail” Highway, near the western corporate limits of the city of Lafayette. There was judgment for plaintiff for the sum of $110, and defendant has appealed. The plaintiff has answered the appeal, praying for an increase.

The accident happened on September 10, 1934, at about 8 p. m., and at the situs of the accident the highway is leveled straight for quite a distance, and has a concrete slab of 18 feet, with a black…