ANDERSON v. PAPILLION

No. 71-1295.

445 F.2d 841 (1971)

Luther F. ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph PAPILLION et al., Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 8, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell T. Tritico, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

A. L. Plauche, Plauche, Sanders, Smith & Hebert, Lake Charles, La., for defendant-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, SIMPSON and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from the dismissal of a personal injury action as barred by the applicable one year Louisiana prescription statute.1 We affirm for the reasons summarized below.

Anderson, a citizen of Texas, was injured in an automobile accident in Louisiana. He brought suit in the court below under claimed diversity jurisdiction against Papillion, the driver of the truck, the other vehicle involved in the accident, and...

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