HOPKINS v. STATE

No. 6205.

167 So.2d 441 (1964)

Edward L. HOPKINS v. STATE of Louisiana, through the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1964.

Writ Refused November 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Crosby Pegues, Jr., D. Ross Banister, Norman L. Sisson, and George W. Lester, by George W. Lester, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Kilbourne, Dart & Jackson, by Fred C. Jackson, St. Francisville, for appellee.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, HERGET, LANDRY and REID, JJ.


LANDRY, Judge.

This is one of two companion cases arising from a common automobile accident and consolidated for trial in the court below. In a single judgment, the honorable trial court dismissed the consociate cause but awarded damages in favor of plaintiff herein against the State of Louisiana from which said adverse adjudication defendant has appealed.

The clear and simple circumstances from which this litigation arises are virtually uncontested.

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