Poindexter v. Service Cab Co.

MILLS, Judge.

On July 2, 1933, at about 12:30 p. m., Jennie Poindexter, a negro woman, stopped on the southeast corner of Davis street and Louisiana avenue in the city of Shreveport, intending to cross to the west side of Louisiana avenue, a distance of 40 feet. She waited for an automobile going north on Louisiana to pass, and then stepped out into and proceeded across Louisiana, at the intersection, walking at an ordinary gait. She had progressed beyond the west rail of the single street car track in the center of the street when she was struck by a taxicab, going south on Louisiana, and…