Prescott v. Rowland

On November 7, 1944, the plaintiff Ivy Prescott was riding on the truck of Elvis Blades as an invited guest. Blades was accompanied by another invited guest, a Mr. Schlandecker. Blades was the driver, and in the cab next to him was seated Schlandecker, and the plaintiff Ivy Prescott was sitting back of the cab, on the flat bottom of the truck, on the right hand side, with his feet resting on the running board. They were travelling south on Baton Rouge Avenue, in the Third Ward of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, which Baton Rouge Avenue runs north and south and is composed of approximately 18…