SMITH v. GRIFFIN

Nos. 11037, 11038.

211 So.2d 701 (1968)

John SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James W. GRIFFIN et al., Defendants-Appellees. Lamart SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James W. GRIFFIN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Guerriero, Monroe, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Theus, Grisham, Davis, Leigh & Brown, Monroe, for defendants-appellees.

Before AYRES, BOLIN and PRICE, JJ.


PRICE, Judge.

These two tort actions, which were consolidated for the purpose of trial, arose from an intersectional collision just outside the corporate limits of the City of Monroe. The issues to be resolved are primarily factual in nature and involve the relationship of the doctrine of last clear chance or discovered peril to a statutory accorded right-of-way.

John Smith, Jr. was driving an automobile which belonged to his son, Lamart Smith, easterly on...

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