VAUGHN v. CORTEZ

No. 1573.

180 So.2d 796 (1965)

Jessie VAUGHN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Giford J. CORTEZ et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward N. Engolio, Plaquemine, for plaintiff-appellant.

Mouton, Champagne & Colomb, by Welton P. Mouton, and Welton P. Mouton, Jr., Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, FRUGE and HOOD, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Jessie Vaughn, instituted suit against the defendants, Giford Cortez, Cortez Construction Company, Inc., and General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., the liability insurer of Cortez's automobile. This suit was to recover the sum of $20,694.50 for damages and personal injuries incurred by him as a result of an accident which occurred on September 22, 1962.

Defendants answered and denied the existence of any negligence...

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