TOWN OF JACKSON v. MOUNGER MOTORS

No. 4484.

98 So.2d 697 (1957)

TOWN OF JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOUNGER MOTORS, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Picou, Jr., St. Francisville, for appellant.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Robert Vandaworker, Baton Rouge, for appellees.


TATE, Judge.

Plaintiff municipality appeals from dismissal of its suit for damages to its firehall caused by a truck owned by Mounger Motors, Inc. This firm and its liability insurer are codefendants.

The truck was parked on Mounger Motors' used car lot. After business hours, one Bolden, while attempting to take the truck without permission, had backed it into the adjacent town fire-hall and caused the damages sued for.

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