Wheat v. Teche Lines, Inc.

The essential facts in this case are as follows: In April, 1937, the appellant, with a companion by the name of Miller, was driving a light truck, which he owned, in a northwesterly direction along highway No. 90, when they stopped at a well near the highway, about 14 or 15 miles from Bay St. Louis, for the purpose of getting a drink of water. The truck evidently had a cab with a door. It was stopped on the right-hand side of the highway, facing north, as close to the ditch as possible. Ap pellant’s companion, Miller, after dfinkmg from the well, returned to his seat in the truck; and…