Quarles v. Tolar

HALL, Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by him when the automobile he was driving on Louisiana Highway 34 in Jackson Parish, struck defendant’s yearling cow which ran out onto the highway in front of him. From a *351judgment rejecting his demands, plaintiff appealed. We reverse the judgment of the district court and award damages.

At the time of the accident, defendant had about twelve to seventeen head of cattle pastured on a ten acre tract of land which he had rented for about five years and which fronts on Highway 34. Highway 34 is one of the “closed…