STATE FARM FIRE & CAS. CO. v. McKINNON

No. 13987.

378 So.2d 1038 (1979)

STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. T. R. McKINNON, d/b/a, Ark-La-Tex Aluminum Awning Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkinson, Carmody, Peatross & Caverlee by Charles B. Peatross, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Lunn, Irion, Switzer, Johnson & Salley by Bernard S. Johnson, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellees, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company and Ernest Eugene Rhymes.

Before HALL, MARVIN and BIGBY, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

McKinnon appeals from a judgment for property damage caused by the collapse of an aluminum carport which he sold to a homeowner. McKinnon contends on appeal that plaintiffs have sued the wrong person and that he cannot be personally liable because he made full disclosure to the homeowner that he was merely a salesman for Ark-La-Tex Aluminum Awning Company, a proprietorship of another. We affirm.

The carport collapsed about seven months after...

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