JOFFRE v. IKE HAGGERT MACHINE WORKS

No. 20942.

100 So.2d 557 (1958)

Melvin L. JOFFRE, Individually, and For The Use And Benefit of His Minor Sons, Melvin Joffre and Ronald Joffre, v. IKE HAGGERT MACHINE WORKS, Inc., James K. Bauman and The Travelers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1958.

Writ of Certiorari Granted April 21, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dufour, St. Paul, Levy & Marx, and William M. Lucas, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellee.

May & Carrere, New Orleans, for defendants and appellants.


McBRIDE, Judge.

This appeal involves a suit for damages arising out of a head-on collision between an AJF motorcycle and a one-half ton pick-up truck a few minutes before 9 o'clock in the morning on September 26, 1955, on Fourth Street at or near the intersection of Brown Street in Harvey, Louisiana. Fourth Street, which is paved, has two traffic lanes and accommodates two-way vehicular movement. Shortly before the accident, Melvin Joffre, aged 19, had been driving...

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