Ellis v. Hayes

GLADNEY, Judge.

This is a wrongful death action under Article 2315 of the LSA-Civil Code brought by the widow and surviving children of the decedent, Tom Ellis. The trial court sustained the declinatory exception of insufficiency of process and lack of jurisdiction over the person on behalf of Bluff City Motors, Inc. The court also sustained the peremptory exception of no right of action on behalf of Emmett L. Hayes, Allstate Insurance Company, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, H. J. Jeffries Truck Line, Inc., and Transport Insurance Company, the remaining defendants herein.

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