STATE v. RAY

No. 44087.

111 So.2d 786 (1959)

237 La. 599

STATE of Louisiana, for Use and Benefit of Mrs. Bessie L. SALES, individually, and as Natural Tutrix of the minors Ralph Frazier Sales and Johnny Wayne Sales, v. Clint RAY et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hunter, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Vincent Hazleton, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.


HAMITER, Justice.

John D. Sales was killed in a motor vehicle collision near the City of Oakdale on March 13, 1954. Thereafter Dillard Cloud and Frank Singletary, because of their negligence which proximately cause the death, were condemned by the District Court of Allen Parish to pay to decedent's widow Mrs. Bessie L. Sales (for herself and her minor children) damages in the sum of $21,000.

The judgment was affirmed by the First Circuit Court of Appeal. See...

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