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BATISTE v. PATTERSON TRUCK LINE, INC.

No. 6533.

183 So.2d 140 (1966)

Lionel J. BATISTE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PATTERSON TRUCK LINE, INC., and the Travelers Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1966.

Writ Refused April 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Waitz, of O'Neal & Waitz, Houma, for appellants.

John L. Lanier, of Pugh, Lanier & Pugh, Thibodaux, for appellee.

Before R. S. ELLIS, LANDRY, REID, BAILES and F. S. ELLIS, JJ.

R. S. ELLIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the lower court awarding plaintiff the sum of $4783.64 plus interest and costs for damages growing out of a collision which occurred about 2:00 A.M., August 4, 1963. Plaintiff was driving his 1959 Pontiac north from Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 1 at a speed which he estimates at 40 miles per hour but which the investigating officer and the other party to the accident estimate at 60-70 miles per hour. Sixty...

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