Wood v. Gautier

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

This appeal involves claims for damages arising from a collision of two vehicles at a rural intersection.

Plaintiff Ruby Wood commenced the action by filing her petition for damages for personal injuries sustained by her as one of the drivers. Named as defendants were J. W. Gautier and J. R. Gautier, partners, doing business under the name of Gautier Implement Com pany. Highly summarized, she alleged in her petition that on September 4, 1962, at about 10:45 a. m. she was driving her husband’s automobile south on a blacktopped county road…