Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc. v. Rockco

ELLIS, Judge.

This case arises out of an automobile accident which happened on February 5, 1964, at 6:30 o’clock A.M., on Harding Boulevard in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The vehicles involved were a 1963 Chevrolet automobile, owned and operated by Willie J. Rockco, and a 1963 White tractor pulling a 1963 Lufkin trailer, both of which were leased to Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc., and driven by William N. Smith, an employee of Red Ball.

As a result of the accident, this suit was-filed by Red Ball against Rockco asking for property damages suffered by the trailer. Rockco filed an answer…