RYDER TRUCK LINES, INC. v. STEARS

No. 7831.

230 So.2d 106 (1969)

RYDER TRUCK LINES, INC. v. Joseph F. STEARS et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Ellison, Jr., of Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for appellants.

Donald S. Zuber, of Seale, Smith, Baine & Phelps, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before LANDRY, SARTAIN and ELLIS, JJ.


ELLIS, Judge.

This suit arises out of an accident between two large trucks which occurred on U. S. Highway 190 in Lottie, Louisiana, on March 20, 1966. Both of the trucks were heading west on Highway 190, which at the point of the accident is a four lane divided highway. Plaintiff's rig, which was a tractor pulling a large van type trailer driven by Edward Dupre, had overtaken and passed the defendant's truck, owned by M. J. Tweedel Trucking Company, Inc., and driven...

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