Legal Opinion
Fazio ex rel. Fazio v. American Automobile Insurance Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided December 15, 1955No. Civ. Nos. 5119, 5120PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
Presented for decision is the question of whether valid service was effected, and jurisdiction of the person obtained, in two related civil damage suits brought by Louisiana citizens against the foreign executor of the estate of a nonresident motorist who was involved in an automobile accident while using the highways of this State.
The accident occurred on September 6, 1954, on U. S. Highway 71 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. At that time and place, Joe Moore, one of the plaintiffs, was driving a Chevrolet in a southerly direction on the highway. Riding with him as a…
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