Handy v. N. O. Public Service, Inc.

This suit results from an accident in which a street car of defendant knocked down plaintiff, an old gentleman in his eighty-fourth year. The accident occurred on September 16, 1926, a few minutes after 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon, on the river side street car track at the corner of Burdette Street and St. Charles Avenue.

Plaintiff’s injuries consisted of general contusions to the body, knees, elbow and *73face. There was a rather serious cut in his thigh, and, on account of his age, his injuries were considered quite serious by the physicians, who, for a time, were of the opinion that his…