Arceneaux v. Louisiana Highway Commission

On August 24th, 1935, at about noon, Webster J. Arceneaux was seriously injured when his Ford V-8 automobile overturned on what is known as the Air Line Highway near St. Rose in this state.

Believing that the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana, which at that time was known as Louisiana Highway Commission, was at fault in permitting a large hole to remain in the surface of the highway, and that his automobile had turned over because it struck this hole, and believing, too, that the driver of his car was not negligent in failing to see the hole as the car approached it, Arceneaux…