Hicks v. Texas N. O. R. Co.

JANVIER, Judge.

Olivia Hicks received physical injuries when she was "struck by a small motorcar operated by an employee of defendant corporation within the scope of his employment on the afternoon of November 1, 1934. The motorcar was what is sometimes called a “track speeder” and was being used at the time by an employee of defendant in inspecting the “bond wires,”- which connect the sections of rail of defendant’s track into one continuous electrical circuit for the operation of signal devices. The accident occurred at a small settlement known as Boutte, a few miles west of New Orleans on…