Prophet v. Great American Indemnity Co.

DORE, Judge.

On the night of July 26, 1948, in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, a collision occurred between a truck owned by Sam Grimmett, Inc., insured by Great American Indemnity Company, and being driven by Curley Marks, and a passenger bus owned by plaintiff, Theodore E. Prophet and being driven by him. The accident occurred on the highway between St. Francis-ville and Baton Rouge, being a paved highway 18 feet in width, with narrow gravel shoulders. The truck and the bus were traveling in opposite directions and the collision was a sideswiping collision, which plaintiff alleges was caused…