Demerest v. Travelers Insurance Co.

TATE, Judge.

This is an action by the husband and minor children of Mrs. Zona Demerest for damages occasioned by her accidental death. Appeal is taken from judgment dismissing the suit after trial.

The accident giving rise to this lawsuit occurred on March 13, 1954, at about 5:15 a. m. Mrs. Demerest was killed almost instantly when, driving her Chevrolet, she attempted to cross from her cafe and bar south of U. S. Highway 90 to her home on the north side thereof, just within the eastern corporate limits of the town of Mer-mentau in Acadia Parish.

Her car was struck by a 1952 Pontiac driven by M.…