Holley v. Butler Furniture Co.

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

This case is before us on certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, affirming the judgment of the district court sustaining an exception of no right of action and dismissing the plaintiff’s suit for damages to an automobile allegedly owned by him, resulting from a collision between the said automobile and a truck owned by one of the defendants.

It appears that after answer was filed and-the trial had begun, the plaintiff (Lloyd R. Holley) admitted on the stand that he was not the owner of the automobile nor had he paid the cost of repairs,…