FONTENOT v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASULTY INS. CO.

No. 1157.

164 So.2d 653 (1964)

Dovic FONTENOT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. McGee, Mamou, for plaintiff appellant.

Fruge & Foret, by J. Burton Foret, Ville Platte, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, SAVOY, and HOOD, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

This suit arises from an overtaking accident. A collision occurred between the plaintiff Fontenot's automobile and a car driven by Regile Bordelon. Fontenot sues Bordelon's liability insurer for the damages, thereby sustained.

The trial court dismissed the plaintiff's suit, holding that Fontenot's contributory negligence barred his recovery, even though it was also held that Bordelon was likewise negligent in cutting too swiftly in front of Fontenot...

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