Hogue v. Akin Truck Line

Plaintiff appealed from judgment sustaining an exception of no cause of action and dismissing his suit. He sued to recover damages for physical injuries to himself and for the value of his coupe automobile destroyed in a collision between it and defendant's stationary truck on the highway.

The allegations of the petition disclose that he lived in Pineville, Louisiana, and was en route to Camp Claiborne, some fifteen miles distant, where he was employed as a carpenter. He was driving and was accompanied by two colored workmen. The accident occurred at about the hour of eight o'clock A.M.,…