Miller v. St. Charles St. R.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Alfred Miller and wife against the St. Charles Street Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The jury found for the defendant, and the trial judge refused a new trial, and we have no difficulty in reaching the same conclusion. Plaintiff’s 2ya year old child was run over and killed on Royal street, at the intersection of Marigny street, by one of the electric ears of the defendant company going uptown. Royal and Marigny are narrow streets, 29 feet from curb to curb, and 10-foot sidewalks. The distance between the car track and the curb on Royal is 12 feet. The child, just before the accident, had been making mud cakes at the woods side, downtown corner of Royal and Marigny. It was off…
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