Gerald v. Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana

HAMITER, Justice.

The District Court- and the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, disposed of this tort action on exceptions of no cause of action. No trial of its merits has yet been had. It is now before us for consideration on those exceptions pursuant to a writ of certiorari directed to the last named tribunal and issued on the applications of plaintiffs and one of the defendants.

The plaintiffs are David E. Gerald and his wife, Mrs. Inez Mayeaux Gerald, and the defendants are James Alexander Traylor, the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, and the Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Ltd.

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