DEMEREST v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 43443.

102 So.2d 451 (1958)

234 La. 1048

Acy DEMEREST, Individually and as Natural Tutor of Peggy Juanita Demerest and Loretta Mae Demerest, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY and Audubon Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herschel N. Knight, Jennings, Edwards & Edwards, Crowley, for applicants.

Lawes, Cavanaugh, Hickman & Brame; King, Anderson & Swift, Lake Charles, for respondents.


HAMITER, Justice.

Acy Demerest, individually and as natural tutor of his two minor children, instituted this suit to recover damages for the death of Mrs. Zona Chatham Demerest (his wife and the mother of such children) that resulted from an automobile collision between a Chevrolet driven by the decedent and a Pontiac operated by one M. L. Blackwell. The defendants are the latter's liability insurers.

The district judge found negligence on the part of Blackwell...

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