Todd v. Kirspel

Plaintiff's "Texaco" truck was damaged on September 29, 1947 in a collision near Grand Ecore in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Alleging that the collision resulted from the negligence of the driver of a Grapette Bottling Company truck, owned by defendant, in failing to keep a proper lookout for oncoming traffic while he was following too closely a school bus and attempting to pass this school bus in a curve of the road and on a hill, plaintiff asked for a $284.23 judgment against the defendant.

Defendant admitted that a collision occurred between the two trucks; denied any negligence on the…