Phillips v. Stevenson

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, George Phillips, the operator of a bicycle, instituted this suit against defendant, Jacob W. Stevenson, the owner and operator of a 1949 Nash automobile, endeavoring to recover the sum of $26,732.50, for personal injuries and property damage incurred by him as the result of an accident in Caffin Street near Marais Street, in the City of New Orleans on January 26th, 1950, at about 6:30 a.m.

Defendant answered admitting the occurrence of the accident, but denied that he was guilty of any negligence in the premises and further averred that the accident was due entirely to…