Savoie v. Dupuy

McCALEB, Justice.

This- is a suit for personal injuries and property damage sustained in an automobile collision. The judge of the district court, after hearing the evidence, rejected plaintiff’s demand and the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment. See 40 So.2d 673. We granted certiorari.

The accident occurred on Highway 78, a. winding black topped road paralleling the right descending bank of Bayou Lafourche, at about 7 o’clock on the morning of May 26, 1947. Plaintiff was driving his Chevrolet car in the direction of Larose and the main defendant, one Dupuy, operating a large lumber truck…