BURTON v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 523.

139 So.2d 817 (1962)

W. T. BURTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, (Travelers Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camp, Palmer, Yelverton & Carwile, by Henry L. Yelverton, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hall, Raggio & Farrar, by Edgar F. Barnett, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Cavanaugh, Hickman, Brame & Holt, by Edmund Woodley, Lake Charles, for intervenor-appellee.

Before TATE, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff sues to recover for the damage to his Cadillac resulting from an accident of March 2, 1960. The trial court held that the negligence of the plaintiff's employee, Matthews, who was driving the vehicle at the time, was the sole proximate cause of the accident. The plaintiff appeals.

The accident occurred in the late afternoon at the intersection of Shell Beach Drive and Lake Street in the City of Lake Charles. Immediately prior to...

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