Williams v. Perrin

Plaintiff, Lawrence Williams, sued Charles Perrin, a trucking and drayage contractor, and his insurance carrier, Commercial Standard Insurance Company, in solido, claiming the sum of $44,632 for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained because of the negligence of Perrin.

Plaintiff alleged that at about the hour of 10:50 o'clock a.m. of June 18, 1940, he was riding on a motor vehicle of his employer, Clerc Foundations, Inc., as it traveled the highway leading from Gretna toward the Huey P. Long Bridge; that said vehicle was composed of a truck and trailer and that he was "sitting on…