State v. Beeling

This is an appeal by the state from a ruling of the court, sustaining a motion to quash a bill of information. The bill charges 'that defendant, while serving as motorman and driver of a certain car, belonging to the New Orleans Public Service, Inc., a corporation domiciled and engaged in transporting passengers for hire on the street'rail ways of the city of New Orleans, did then and there, by his imprudence, neglect, and want of skill in the operation of a street car, cause injury to one Harry Anderson. This charge was preferred under Act No. 58 of 1870.

The motion to quash is based, inter…