Kruta v. Gibbon

At about the hour of eight A.M., December 9, 1943, on a narrow concrete bridge some two miles west of the City of Minden, in Webster Parish, Louisiana, plaintiff was injured seriously in a collision between his one and one-half ton tractor, with van trailer attached, and the three ton tractor, with tank trailer attached, of the defendant, Earl Gibbon. The bridge is 98 feet long and is 18 feet between railings. Each of the units measured 38 feet in length and 8 feet in width.

Plaintiff was driving his own unit and was traveling easterly; defendant's unit, driven by one of his employees, was…