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GOODWIN v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 7670.

53 So.2d 161 (1951)

GOODWIN v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Simms, D. Ross Banister, W. Crosby Pegues, Jr. and Joseph A. Loret, all of Baton Rouge, for appellant.

J. B. Nachman, Alexandria, for appellee.

KENNON, Judge.

This is a suit by Hazel D. Goodwin against the Department of Highways of the State of Louisiana to recover damages as the result of the violent death by drowning in Red River of her then husband, Noel E. Duling, on the night of December 23, 1946. Her petition sets forth that the State of Louisiana by Act 332 of the 1948 legislature had waived its immunity and authorized plaintiff to institute suit against the Department of Highways.

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