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CHIVERS v. COUCH MOTOR LINES, INC.

No. 1018.

159 So.2d 544 (1964)

Juanita CHIVERS, Individually, etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUCH MOTOR LINES, INC. et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 15, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix A. DeJean, Opelousas, now deceased, for defendants-appellants at the time of trial.

Lewis & Lewis, by Seth Lewis, Sr., Opelousas, for defendants-appellants on the appeal.

Sandoz & Sandoz, by Lawrence Sandoz, Jr., and Leslie Schiff, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE and SAVOY, JJ.

TATE, Judge.

This is a wrongful death action. The defendants appeal from judgment awarding damages to the plaintiff.

On January 26, 1961, the decedent Chivers, a resident of Florida, was killed near Krotz Springs, Louisiana. He was struck by a truck-trailer owned and operated by Couch Motor Lines, Inc. The truck's driver and its insurer are joined with Couch as defendants.

The plaintiff brings this suit as the widow of a common-law marriage contracted...

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