Anderson v. McCarty

CALOGERO, Justice.

We granted writs in this case to review the trial judge’s granting a defense motion for directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs’ case in this judge tried lawsuit.1 An accident with resulting property damage and personal injury occurred when plaintiffs’ automobile struck a cow on U.S. Highway 84, just outside of Winnfield, Louisiana on September 15, 1981.2

The pertinent contested issue was whether the defendant W.A. McCarty owned the cow. In this respect two distinct evidentia-ry matters have drawn the attention of the Court. What, if any, were the markings used by…