Byrd v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Earl Byrd, instituted this suit against the defendant, New Amsterdam Casualty Company, the insurer of Gervais F. Favrot Company, contractors of this City, endeavoring to recover the sum of $4,107.00 for personal injuries resulting from an accident on the night of January 19th, 1948, at 11:00 p.m., when the automobile, in which he was an occupant, was driven by the operator thereof into an excavation in Poydras Street near the intersection of S. Rampart Street.

Defendant answered and denied the existence of any negligence on the part of the contractor, insisting that the…