DUPRE v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

No. 857.

154 So.2d 579 (1963)

Golbert DUPRE, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Ross Banister, Philip K. Jones, Norman L. Sisson, George W. Lester, William J. Doran, Jr., by William J. Doran, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Fusilier, Pucheu & Soileau, by A. Gaynor Soileau and L. O. Fusilier, Ville Platte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, SAVOY and HOOD, JJ.


HOOD, Judge.

This is a suit for damages instituted by Golbert Dupre against the Louisiana Department of Highways arising out of a motor vehicle accident allegedly caused by a defect or a hole in a State highway on which plaintiff was traveling at the time of the accident. After trial on the merits, judgment was rendered by the trial court in favor of plaintiff, and defendant has appealed.

The accident occurred at about 2:00 p.m. on April 10, 1959, on Louisiana...

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