Legal Opinion
Owens v. Monzingo
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 28, 1939No. 5904PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Judge.
Defendant, S. F. Monzingo, owns and operates a common carrier motor bus line between Shreveport, Louisiana, and Center, Texas. The route followed is via Holley and Mansfield, Louisiana. On January 23, 1936, plaintiff, a colored woman sixty years of age, boarded one of defendant’s buses at Shreveport as a paid passenger with the view of traveling to Mansfield, Louisiana. - Allegedly, she sustained personal injuries during the progress of the trip, and as a consequence this suit for damages was instituted.
In Article 6 of the original petition she avers:. “That while thus riding…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cusimano v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
- Wallace v. Shreveport Rys. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1937
3Cited by4 opinions
- Anderson v. City of MonroeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
- Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana, Inc. v. GrierCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- Fernandez v. Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
- Llorens v. City of AlexandriaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1958