SMALL v. CATERPILLAR MFG. CORP.

No. 10426.

319 So.2d 843 (1975)

Daniel SMALL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR MFG. CORP. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven F. Griffith, Destrehan, for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis G. Weller, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before SARTAIN, ELLIS and PICKETT, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

This suit comes before us on a peremptory exception of one year prescription maintained in favor of defendant, Caterpillar Tractor Company, in a suit for personal injury allegedly sustained by plaintiff, Daniel Small, Jr. We reverse for reasons stated herein.

The abbreviated record before us reveals that plaintiff alleges personal injury sustained on July 31, 1973 while operating machinery manufactured by "Caterpillar Manufacturing Corporation...

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