BREITHAUPT v. HOUSTON GENERAL INS. CO.

No. 7215.

398 So.2d 608 (1981)

Robert M. BREITHAUPT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOUSTON GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Henry Sanders, and Norris Dale Jackson, Jena, for plaintiff-appellant.

Martzell & Montero, Wilson M. Montero, Jr., New Orleans, Gist, Methvin, Hughes & Munsterman, H. B. Gist, Jr., Alexandria, Gold, Little, Simon, Weems & Bruser, Charles S. Weems, III and Herbert Mang, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, STOKER and DOUCET, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

This appeal presents the question of the appropriateness of granting a motion for a directed verdict in a jury trial.

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