Rockefeller v. Shreveport Yellow Cabs, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
DREW, Judge.
This suit arose out of an automobile collision occurring on the bridge across Cross Bayou connecting the city of Shreveport proper with that part of the city known as Agurs. The bridge is 466 feet long and 24 feet, 2% inches wide. The center of the bridge is much higher than its approaches, and a view of the entire bridge cannot be had until one has arrived near the center of it. Each end of the bridge is also curved. The banisters on the sides are approximately 4 feet high and are a further obstruction to the view of one entering the bridge or of one on the bridge so far as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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