Henderson v. Percy

WESTERPIELD, Judge.

On the night of March 7, 1934, Claudia Taite, a negro cook, was seriously injured as the result of being struck by an automobile driven by Henry D. Percy. She brought this suit against Percy for damages for physical injuries, ’which she placed at the sum of $10,910. There was judgment below in plaintiff’s favor for the sum of $3,000, and defendant has appealed.

The accident occurred on St. Charles avenue near the driveway leading into Loyola University and a short distance from Calhoun street. St. Charles avenue is a wide boulevard separated by a neutral ground, with street…