Walker v. Rodriguez
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish, of Orleans; George H. Théard, Judge. Action by Joseph A. Walker and wife, for the use of their minor child, Ida Walker, against Rene Rodriguez and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSommervidle, J.
Plaintiffs are colored persons, the parents of Ida Walker, a girl 17 years of age, who, with a companion, was walking in Canal street, January 5, 1913, about 8 o’clock in the evening, when she and her companion were knocked down by an automobile, being driven by one of the defendants, Rene Rodriguez. Her right foot was crushed beneath one of the wheels of the machine. The navicular bone and the necks of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bone were fractured. And plaintiffs-have asked for judgment in damages in the sum of $6,050.
The defendants, Rene and Albert Rodriguez, excepted on…
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