Ruppert v. Stout

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is an action for damages arising from an automobile accident on April 2, 1966. The trial court held that the plaintiff’s negligence contributed to the accident, and denied recovery. The plaintiff then appealed to this court.

The accident occurred about 7:00 to 7:15 p. m. between dusk and dark in a rural area on Louisiana Highway 91 between Iota and Eunice. At the place of the accident the highway is a straight two-lane blacktop highway with a shoulder approximately six feet wide that slopes into a ditch.

Prior to the accident plaintiff was driving his tractor in his rice…