HIGHTOWER v. DR. PEPPER BOTTLING CO. OF SHREVEPORT

No. 9059.

117 So.2d 642 (1959)

Mrs. Frances Folk HIGHTOWER, Individually and for the Use and Benefit of James Allen Hightower, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. DR. PEPPER BOTTLING COMPANY OF SHREVEPORT, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

On Rehearing and Motion to Remand January 26, 1960.

Certiorari Granted March 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, for appellants.

Joseph R. Bethard and G. A. O'Steen, Shreveport, for appellee.


GLADNEY, Judge.

Mrs. Frances Folk Hightower brought this, a tort action to recover damages for herself and her minor son, occasioned by an automobile-truck collision which took place August 22, 1958, near the city limits of Shreveport, on the Shreveport-Mansfield Highway (U. S. No. 171). James Colie Hightower, the driver of the automobile and husband of plaintiff, was killed instantly and Mrs. Hightower received serious injuries. Named defendants in the suit are Dr...

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