Legal Opinion
Riggs v. F. Strauss Son
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 19, 1941No. 6222PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff, Miss Winnifred Riggs, accompanied by James L. Baur, drove her Chevrolet automobile from Monroe, Louisiana, east to Rayville, Louisiana, a distance of approximately twenty-five (25) miles, during the evening of November 25, 1938. At a night club near the last named municipality the couple enjoyed dancing for several hours and then commenced the return journey.
On departing from Rayville Miss Riggs was driving; but after traveling two or three miles she became sleepy and requested her escort to operate the car. Thereupon the change was effected; and she, while sitting on the front…
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