Cassar v. Mansfield Lumber Co.

McCALEB, Justice.

Anthony C. Cassar, his wife and his liability insurance carrier joined as plaintiffs to recover damages resulting from an automobile accident occurring in October 1945 on the public highway near Leesville, Louisiana when a Plymouth automobile driven by Cassar collided with a truck of the Mansfield Lumber Co. Inc. as it was in the process of overtaking and passing the truck, which was making a left turn from the highway into a gravelled cross road. Alleging that the accident was caused by the negligence of the truck driver in attempting a sudden and abrupt left turn into the…