Savoie v. Dupuy

On May 26, 1947 at about 7 a.m. plaintiff was driving his 1942 Chevrolet Fleetline two door sedan in a northerly direction on Highway 78 which parallels Bayou Lafourche, going in the direction of Larose, Louisiana, and the defendant was driving a truck and trailer approaching plaintiff from the opposite direction and, therefore, traveling in a southerly direction on said highway. When the car and the truck were passing they sideswiped or came in contact and, as a result, the plaintiff suffered a severe and permanent injury to his left arm.

Plaintiff alleged that on the morning in question…