Buwe v. Daste

Edward J. Buwe, Jr., a college student, sustained physical injuries at about noon on April 29th, 1947, when the motorbike on which he was riding and an automobile and trailer owned and driven by defendant, George E. Daste, came into collision at the entrance of an automobile service station located on the upper side of Jefferson Davis Parkway, a few hundred feet on the Mississippi River side of the Washington Avenue crossing, in New Orleans.

Claiming that the accident was caused by the negligence of Daste, Buwe filed this suit in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, making Daste…