Dupuy v. Godchaux Sugars, Inc.

JANVIER, Judge.-

This litigation results from an automobile accident on the concrete roadway known as the “Airline Highway” which connects Ñew Orleans with Baton Rouge. It is contended by plaintiff that three automobiles were actually involved and that another, a fourth, to some extent influenced the ultimate result. The vehicles were about five miles west of Laplace, which settlement is some thirty or thirty-five miles from New Orleans; the time was about 4:30 p. m. on December 27, 1934; the weather rainy; the road was wet and slippery.

Damas Dupuy, the husband of one of the plaintiffs in this…