Burns v. Evans Cooperage Co.

This is a suit for damages arising out of an automobile accident which occurred on May 23, 1940, on the Airline Highway at its intersection with Hebert Road near Norco, Louisiana, when plaintiff's automobile ran off the highway into a ditch. Plaintiff alleges that he was driving his automobile on the Airline Highway in the direction of Baton Rouge following a truck owned by Evans Cooperage Co., Inc.; that, when the truck reached a point near the Hebert Road, which intersects the main highway, he proceeded to pass it; that, while he was in the act of doing so, the truck suddenly, and without…