Hayes v. Gunter Bros. Lumber Co.

Arthur Hayes was run over and killed by a two-ton motortruck owned by the defendant company and operated at the time by one of its servants. This suit is brought by the widow and minor children of the deceased for damages. The case was tried before a jury, which found for plaintiff, and this appeal is hy defendant from a judgment approving the verdict.

The verdict of the jury is not supported by the testimony, and must be reversed. The deceased was struck and killed ,by defendant’s truck in the daytime on a paved highway in Caddo parish just as he stepped out into the road from behind an…