Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Selman

COMBS, Justice.

This is a personal injury damage suit filed by appellee, D. D. Selman, against appellant, Gulf States Utilities Company as defendant. Appellee received certain personal injuries when his automobile was run into from the rear, while parked on the highway, by a truck belonging to the appellant, and appellee received certain personal injuries for which he sought damages in the sum of $20,000.

So far as -necessary to the holding announced below, the facts were:

On the night of August 19, 1936, the plaintiff and his wife and daughter were returning from Minden, Louisiana, to their…