Brown v. Dunbar

The plaintiff brought this suit to recover damages in the total sum of $2,536 on account of an injury to the thumb and fingers of his right hand. The defendant Dunbar operates taxicabs in the City of Baton Rouge. The defendant Willie Moe (Moore) was the driver of one of these taxicabs. Plaintiff sustained the injury which he complains of when he attempted to get into a taxicab operated by said driver on November 22, 1945, at the corner of North 33rd and North Streets near the eastern limits of the City of Baton Rouge. He opened the rear right door of the taxicab with his left hand and caught…