Legal Opinion
Demerest v. Travelers Insurance Company
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 21, 1958No. 43443PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
Acy Demerest, individually and as natural tutor of his two minor children, instituted this suit to recover damages for the death of Mrs. Zona Chatham Demerest (his wife and the mother of such children) that resulted from an automobile collision between a Chevrolet driven by the decedent and a Pontiac operated by one M. L. Blackwell. The defendants are the latter’s liability insurers.
The district judge found negligence on the part of Blackwell, but he dismissed the suit on the ground that decedent was contributorily negligent.
On an appeal the Court of Appeal of the First…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Culpepper v. Leonard Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- Burns v. Evans Cooperage Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- Herget v. SaucierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- Schick v. JeneveinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Hogue v. Akin Truck LineLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1944
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Broussard v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1966
- Campbell v. American Home Assurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
- Theunissen v. GuidrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Hernandez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- D & D PLANTING CO. v. Employers Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
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