Scruggins v. Connecticut Fire Insurance

FRUGÉ, Judge.

Joseph Murray Scruggins and his wife, Mrs. Myrtis Carrier Scruggins, instituted actions against the defendants, Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, Plattsmier and Roussel, a partnership, the individual members of said partnership, namely W. J. Plattsmier and C. J. Roussell, and their employee, Irvin A. Arceneaux. The action arose out of an accident between plaintiff’s automobile and defendants’ truck in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. The cases were consolidated for trial. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff Joseph Murray Scruggins in the amount of…