Williams v. Geo. A. Hormel & Co.

HAMITER, Judge.

A 1938 model Chevrolet sedan, operated by a colored chauffeur, Burl Williams, departed from Vicksburg, Mississippi, about six o’clock of the morning of October 21, 1938, and traveled westerly towards its destination, Shreveport, Louisiana. Other occupants of the car were Mrs. Dora F. Bridges and Mrs. Gussie F. Turner. Approximately one hour later, at a point six miles west of Tallulah, Louisiana, on U. S. Highway 80, it experienced a collision with a large International truck belonging to George A. Hormel & Company, Inc., which was being driven easterly by an employee, J. M.…