Abel v. Gulf Refining Co.

Plaintiffs, J. C. Abel, Jr., and his wife, Margaret Flood Abel, bring this suit to recover damages done to their automobile, and for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Abel, as a result of a collision between plaintiffs’ Ford sedan and defendant’s large truck or tank wagon, which occurred at intersection of Olive street and Rogers alley, in city of Shreveport, La., on April 11, 1930, between 3 and 4 o’clock, p. m.

Plaintiffs allege that their automobile, at time of collision, was being operated by Mrs. Abel at a lawful rate of speed, going west on Olive street, and that defendant’s truck was…